Name: : William A.  Leiby Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44897848 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47638909 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 37179 LEIBY 167135 William A. 292 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 16th Railroad Engineer Gangrenous gall bladder & Pneumonia 10/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/13/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 55  2239 Grave 109, Amer. Cty., Bourbonne-les-Baines, Haute Marne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Lucy Wood, (Wife), 1817 E. Maryland St., Evansville, Ind. Notified Emergency Address 12/14/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-19435   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: (Beneficiary) James Wm. Leiby, (FATHER) RFD #2 Maple Heights. Granger Rd. Bedford, Ohio, 4/3/20 - F#115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/3/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/14/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/1/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/30/1921 to Mr. James Leiby c/o Wm. Bloomstein, Granger Road, Bedford, Ohio Received at Destination  on 7/2/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/14/1922

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