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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
39280 DEFOE 2156300 John. 293

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company A, 117th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/10/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
10/12/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
51-A 
3712 Grave 6, Plot 8, row A,(Tincourt Brit.Mil.) Tincourt (Somme)

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery
In: 

Emergency Address Mrs. Angeline DeFoe, (Mother), Cloquet, Minn. Notified Emergency Address
12/9/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
5452
Photograph No.
B-13046
 

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

Remarks:  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 12/22/1920 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Calais on 2/12/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme
Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921
Shipped on 3/28/1921 to Meraw, Und. Co % Louis Defoe, Cloquet, Minn.
Received at Destination  on 4/2/1921 by Above

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