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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
41911 CLOSNER 3060881 John A. 299

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company I., 142nd Infantry Killed in Action 10/9/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
11/29/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-217 
842 Grave 3, Isolated, Cmme. St. Etienne-a-Arnes, Ardennes, SHT 34NE,
E264.9 N283.55  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232 
12177 In:  Grave 30, Section 57, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse

Emergency Address Mrs. Juana Avayor, (Mother), Brownsville, Texas. Notified Emergency Address
2/18/1919, Renotified 3/29/1919, Form 107: 2/27/1920

R.B. Sketch No.
5142 5759
Photograph No.
D-30698
 

Grave Marker Name Peg
  
Cross
  Yes  
Head Board
  
Bottle
  
Ident. Tag Buried with body
  Yes  
On grave marker
  Yes  

Remarks: F115 - 4/23/21 38 Sec 57. Renotification due to error in Cemetery. Due to clertical error in entering data this Solider was Prev. Rept. buried in Cty #1129 Amer. B/A St. Etienne-a-Arnes. Should have been rept. in C-217, Cmme of St. Etiene-A-Arnes.  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 7/19/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921
Shipped on 9/2/1921 to Mrs. Juana Annaya, Box. 638, Brownsville, Texas.
Received at Destination  on 9/8/1921 by Above
Emergency address notified on 12/20/1921

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