Name: : Sheldon W.  Simms Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44963451 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677704 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 63656 SIMMS Sheldon W. 339 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Second Lieutenant 15th Engineers Died of Wounds Received in Action 11/17/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/18/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 624  2256 Grave 1, Plot A, Amer. Cty., Rampont, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address John H. Simms, 79 Westminister, St . , Detroit, Mich. Notified Emergency Address 1/25/1919, Renotified 3/12/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D6250   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F 115 - 1/14/21 - 107   Plat No.:  D-212    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/30/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/4/1921 to B. C. Simms, 406 Broadway, East Liverpool, Ohio. Received at Destination  on 8/5/1921 by John H. Simms.

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