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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
23425 THORNTON 2400131 Raymond W. 272

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Corporal 11th Company, 4th Motor Mechanics Regiment Lobar Pneumonia 9/25/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
9/26/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
32 
366 Grave 98, Amer. Cty., Issoudun Indre.

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery
In: 

Emergency Address Mrs. Ruth Thornton, Mother, 81 Pitcher St., Detroit, Mich. Notified Emergency Address
12/6/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
A-7348
 

Grave Marker Name Peg
  
Cross
  
Head Board
  Yes  
Bottle
  
Ident. Tag Buried with body
  Yes  
On grave marker
  Yes  

Remarks: 5-17-20-F.115  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 8/27/1920 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  St. Nazaire on 8/30/1920
Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/1/1920 aboard the Pocahontas
Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/18/1920
Shipped on 11/19/1920 to Mrs. Ruth Thornton, 78 Adelaide St., Detroit, Mich.
Received at Destination  on 11/21/1920 by A. H. Norton, Und.

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