| File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
|
25611
|
MERCAND
|
559023
|
James A.
|
280
|
|
| Rank |
|
Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
|
Private
|
Company A, 11th Mch. Gun Battalion
|
Killed in Action
|
9/26/1918
|
|
| Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery
Commune |
C-238
|
|
|
Grave #248, RB, Sk.1403, Comme of Montfaucon, Meuse, 35 SE.
E313.3, N277.7
|
|
Authority
File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery
Commune |
|
|
GRS.,Form 16
|
Isolated Grave, Montfaucon, Meuse, 35SE
E313.5 N277.9
|
|
Authority
File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
6/11/1919
| Cemetery |
1232
|
|
12025
|
In:
Grave 137, Section 106, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse
|
|
| Emergency Address |
Mrs. Angelina Mercand (Mother), 839 E. 165th St., New York City.
|
Notified Emergency Address
Form 107: 3/11/1920
|
|
R.B. Sketch No.
5759
|
Photograph No.
D-22382
|
|
|
| Grave Marker |
Name Peg
|
Cross
Yes
|
Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
|
On grave marker
Yes
|
|
| Remarks: |
F115 - 5-9-21 (S142) Sec 106
|
|
| Plat No.: |
A-286
|
|
| 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 9/12/1921
|
| 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: |
|
| Reburied (date): |
9/29/1921 |
| E/A notified (date): |
3/28/1922 |
|
|
