Name: : Adlai S.  Chitwood Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44554098 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47616491 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 42941 CHITWOOD 3232160 Adlai S. 299 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company D, 339th Machine Gun Battalion Accidental explosion of Rifle Grenade. 10/18/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/19/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 283  1693 Grave 316, Mobiles Military Cty., Belfort, Ter-de-Belfort. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address William W. Chitwood, (Father), Ellington, Mo. Notified Emergency Address 12/26/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-40490   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Plat No.:  A-402    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 11/19/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 1/30/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 5/1/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 5/25/1921 to National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Received at Destination  on 5/28/1921 by James M. Dickey, Supt. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri Grave:  7530-A Section:    Reburied (date):  5/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  5/1/1922

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