Name: : John M.  Schaefer Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44958056 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47674955 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 34339 SCHAEFER 1215154 John M. 290 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company H, 108th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 645  688 Grave # 25, Plot #1, Row B, St. Emilie British-Amer. Mil. Cty., Villers-Faucon, Somme Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Henry Schafer, (Brother), 670 Sycamore St., Buffalo, N.Y., Form 8-W sent 7-26-20 for EA or NR Notified Emergency Address 12/12/1918 R.B. Sketch No. 5086 Photograph No. B-13261   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Form 8-W sent 7-26-20 for EA or NR.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/15/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/21/1921 to Louis Schlager & Son, Und., 674 Broadway, Buffalo, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 3/22/1921 by Above

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