File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
77935
|
WARD
|
3613949
|
Ben
|
408-518 SP 111
|
|
Rank |
|
Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
Private
|
Company B, 814th Pioneer Infantry
|
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
|
12/25/1918
|
|
Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
|
12/28/1918
|
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
26
|
5768
|
Grave No, 75,(Amer) Carbon Blanc (Gironde)
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
| Cemetery |
|
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In:
|
|
Emergency Address |
Mrs. Minnie Lee Ward, (Wife), 2309 Tent Ave., Bessimer, Ala.
|
Notified Emergency Address
1/25/1919, Returned 3/13/1919
|
|
R.B. Sketch No.
|
Photograph No.
K-73
|
|
|
Grave Marker |
Name Peg
|
Cross
Yes
|
Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
Yes
|
On grave marker
Yes
|
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Remarks: |
Form #8 sent for correct NR, 4-29-20 - F-#115
|
|
|
Removal Project Information |
Body disinterred 8/25/1920 for preparation and shipment.
|
Arrived
at Bordeaux
on 8/25/1920
|
Shipped
to Hoboken, New Jersey
on 10/5/1920
aboard the Pocahontas
|
Arrived
at Hoboken, New Jersey
on 10/18/1920
|
Shipped
on 11/9/1920
to Mrs. Ethel C. Ward, Bessemer, Ala.
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Received at Destination
on 11/12/1920
by Above
|
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