| File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
|
10439
|
SELLS
|
273459
|
Otto B.
|
228
|
|
| Rank |
|
Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
|
Corporal
|
Company B, 127th Infantry
|
Killed in Action
|
8/4/1918
|
|
| Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery
Commune |
GLB
|
|
8/7/1918
|
Grave 4, On Hill top, halfway between St. Gilles and Mont St. Martin, C-L 78-796
204, 283.4
|
|
Authority
File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery
Commune |
C-78
|
|
22538
|
Isolated grave in open field on hill side about 60 mts. from and on north side of main road, Dravigny-Fismes, 1 kilo. W. of St. Gilles, St. Gilles, Marne.
E204.02 N282.85
|
|
Authority
File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
6/7/1928
| Cemetery |
608
|
|
coor. 6/18/28
|
In:
American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, Body held in Morgue
|
|
| Emergency Address |
William Sells - father, 53 Winnebago St., Oshkosh, Wisconsin., E/A prev. rep. 1715 Michigan St., Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
|
Notified Emergency Address
|
|
R.B. Sketch No.
|
Photograph No.
|
|
|
| Grave Marker |
Name Peg
|
Cross
|
Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
Yes
|
On grave marker
|
|
| Remarks: |
E/A prev. rep. 1715 Michigan St., Oshkosh, Wisconsin., F115 S. 4172 (11-6-20)
|
|
|
| Removal Project Information |
|
Body disinterred 1/7/1929 for preparation and shipment.
|
| Arrived
at Dunkerque or Dunkirk
on 2/20/1929
|
| Shipped
to Brooklyn, New York
on 2/20/1929
aboard the McKeesport
|
| Arrived
at Brooklyn, New York
in Consignment #98
on 3/15/1929
|
| Shipped
on 3/18/1929
to Mr.. William Sells, c/o Fiss & Bills, Undertakers, 60 Church Street, Oshkosh, Wis., via Railway Express Agency, Inc.
|
| B/L or Express Order No. A-1730858 |
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