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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
111037 ERBE 1391943 Joseph A. 261

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Wagoner Hdqr. 124th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 8/6/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
466 
8/6/1918 Grave No. 22, Plot A. Brit. Contay, Cty. Somme.

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
G. R. S.,Form No. 16 Grave 22, Row A, Plot 1, Contay Brit. Mil. Cty.

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/23/1919 Cemetery 443 
11199 In:  Grave 12, Row C, Plot 2, American Cemetery, Vaux-sur-Somme, Somme

Emergency Address Mrs. Elizabeth Erbe, (Mother), 500 S. Linden St., Normal, Ill. Notified Emergency Address
Form 107: 12/5/1919, 10/4/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
B-14484
 

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

Remarks:  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 10/20/1920 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Calais on 10/22/1920
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 11/14/1920 aboard the Wheaton
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 12/15/1920
Shipped on 1/11/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 1/12/1921 by J. Van Ness Ingram, Capt., Q.M.C.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
1271 Section:   
Authority File No. D:  111037
Reburied (date):  1/20/1920

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