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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
57051 KERR 504545 Wilber 381

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Battery C, Army Artillery Park Accidental Gunshot Wound 11/23/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
11/24/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
766 
3628 Grave 13, Plot D, Row 2, American Cty., Fleury sur Aire, Meuse

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/20/1919 Cemetery 1232 
12319 In:  Grave 86, Section 106, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse

Emergency Address Eugene E. Kerr (Father), Lemar, Colo. Notified Emergency Address
12/31/1918 Form 107: 3/11/1920

R.B. Sketch No.
5759
Photograph No.
D-22329
 

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

Remarks: F115 - 5-9-21 (S 102) Sec 106  

Plat No.:  D-197   
Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 7/26/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #51 on 9/13/1921
Shipped on 9/24/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Wash, D.C.
Received at Destination  on 9/27/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper, Capt.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
3362 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  10/6/1921
E/A notified (date):  3/28/1922

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