Name: : John W.  Whetstone Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44977413 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47445887 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 16245 WHETSTONE 2148344 John W. 245 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Battery B, 305th Field Artillery Killed in Action 8/16/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/16/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 656  494 Grave 40, Amer. Battlefield Cty., Chery-Chartreuve, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/17/1919 Cemetery 617  20612 In:  Grave 150, Section D, Plot 4, American B/A Cemetery, Fismes, Marne Emergency Address Charles Whetstone (Brother), Pattensburg, Mo. Notified Emergency Address 5/20/1919, Form 107: 9/4/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-13354   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: Form 8 sent for N.R., 3/5/19, May 17, 1919., F#115 12-3-20, (S 1450)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/28/1921 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 7/18/1921 to National Cty., Arlington, Va., Received at Destination  on 7/19/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper, Capt., Q.M.C. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3132 Section:   European Reburied (date):  7/1/1921

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