Name: : Samuel  Blankenship Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547634 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47610151 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 37538 BLANKENSHIP 541105 Samuel 296 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 7th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/19/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/21/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 31  358 Grave 86, St. Denis French Cemetery, Amer.Plot, Chateauroux, Indre. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Mary E. Blankenship (Mother), Iaeger, W. Va. Notified Emergency Address 12/20/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/31/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  St. Nazaire on 9/7/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/1/1920 aboard the Pocahontas Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/18/1920 Shipped on 11/4/1920 to Mrs. Mary Blankenship, Laeger, W. Va. Received at Destination  on 11/6/1920 by Above per P. H. Bradley.

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