Name: : Edwin E.  Witherspoon Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44980108 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47447620 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 105507 WITHERSPOON Edwin E. 543 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant Company B, 22nd Engineers Committed suicide by shooting self through head 5/15/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 16  20794 Grave 33, Amer. Plot, La Guillotiere Mil. & Civil (Amer. Plot) Lyon, Rhone Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. N.R. Witherspoon, (Mother), 1019 N. Maple St., Murfreesboro, Tenn., Murfreesboro, Tenn. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 8/18/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F115 11-3-20, SDCR #665   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/17/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Bordeaux on 3/28/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/4/1921 to W. R. Clark, 1221 N. Maple St., Murfreesboro, Tenn. Received at Destination  on 6/7/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/11/1922

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