Name: : Byron B.  Lerch Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44898211 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47639357 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 57242 LERCH 1055218 Byron B. 338 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company B, 5th Engineers enemy mine, Killed by explosion of 11/20/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/20/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-138  5359 Grave 3, Isolated, Sht. 52 NE, Cme. Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle. E362.9 N241.6   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/14/1919 Cemetery 1233  10930 In:  Grave 26, Section 2, Plot 1, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. E.P. Lerch, (Mother), 34 E. 24th St., Chester, Pa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /12/19319 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-15234   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 8-W-A sent 11-30-21, F115 - 1/29/21 2175   Plat No.:  C-124    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/13/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #47 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/20/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 7/22/1921 by D. R. Wolverton. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3246 Section:   European Reburied (date):  7/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  1/21/1922

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