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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
51547 WESTERBECK 2155925 Ben H. 310

Rank
Iowa Organization 30th Div.
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company E, 117th Infantry Killed in Action 10/8/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
10/13/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
623 
1062 Grave 10, Plot 1, Row A, Busigny British Military Cemetery, Busigny, Nord

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 623 
In: 

Emergency Address J. W. Westerbeck (Father), Middletown, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address
9/12/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
5080
Photograph No.
B-12-900
 

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

Remarks: (Beneficiary) Mrs. Anna Westerbeck, Middletown, Iowa, (Mother), No wife.  

Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery
Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery
Grave: 
15 Row:   28 Block:   A
Authority File No. D:  70172
Reburied (date):  3/27/1928
E/A notified (date):  3/3/1927

Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery
Cemetery:  636 - Somme American Cemetery
Grave: 
29 Row:   29 Block:   A
Authority File No. D:  61273
Reburied (date):  8/25/1922
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