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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
9835 DUCKWORTH 1975976 Elijah T. 225

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company G., 132nd Infantry Killed in Action 7/4/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
332 
7/5/1918 Grave No. 14, Plot 2, Row A, Hamelet, Communal Cty., Ext.

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
G. R. S. Form 16. Hamlet Communal Ex. Grave 29, Row A.

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/19/1919 Cemetery 443 
11191 In:  Grave 9, Row D, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Vaux-sur-Somme, Somme, (Two bodies found in Gr. #9)

Emergency Address Justus Duckworth, (Father), Parks, Ill. Notified Emergency Address
10/27/1918, 1/15/1919 Ret, 12/3/1919 107

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
B-14564
 

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

Remarks:  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 5/26/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #48 on 7/5/1921
Shipped on 7/18/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 7/19/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
3142 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  7/25/1921
E/A notified (date):  1/24/1922

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