Name: : Vitus W.  Brown Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44550379 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47612991 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 37583 BROWN 1509428 Vitus W. 296 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company C, 144th 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 384  342 Grave #77, Amer. Plot, Nouveau Cem., Orleans, Loiret. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Brown (Mother), 714 E. Elm St. Rockport, Ind. Notified Emergency Address 1/1/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5019 Photograph No. A-831   Grave Marker Name Peg   Yes   Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/12/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  St. Nazaire on 10/14/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/22/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 12/29/1920 to Clyde C. Brown, 714 Elm St., Rockport, Ind. Received at Destination  on 1/1/1921 by Above

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