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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
12829 TRITT Herschel C. 240

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Second Lieutenant Battalion B, 306th Field Artillery Died of Wounds Received in Action 8/19/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-52 
8/20/1918 9260 Confirmed: Grave #7, 33SE, Chery Chartreuve, Aisne  E200.10, N283.17

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
656 
D-7299 Disinterred and Re-Buried 3/24/19. Grave #134, 33SE, Chery, Chartreuve, Aisne.
E200.8 N282.4  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/18/1919 Cemetery 617 
20098 20604 In:  Grave 176, Section C, Plot 4, American B/A Cemetery, Fismes, Marne

Emergency Address Mr. Claude Tritt (Father), Vienna, Ill. Notified Emergency Address
Form 107: /12/19 Form 212: 0

R.B. Sketch No.
5559
Photograph No.
F-12854
 

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

Remarks: prev.rptd, Form 8 2/26/19, F115- 12-2-20. 1371  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 3/7/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/18/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 4/26/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 5/18/1921
Shipped on 6/6/1921 to National Cty., Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 6/7/1921 by A.G. Rowzee.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
4477 Section:   
Reburied (date):  6/1/1921

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