Name: : Elmer Burdett  Nelson Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44930412 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47661946 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 8964 NELSON Elmer Burdett 219 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant Company / A, 120th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 7/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Reburied 9/3/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 564  9554 Grave #7, Amer. B/A Cty., Courmont, Aisne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/9/1919 Cemetery 608  11820 In:  Grave 123, Section H, Plot 3, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Albert A. Nelson, (Father), RFD #4; Pontiac, Mich. Notified Emergency Address 12/9/1918, Form 107: 1/2/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5825 Photograph No. F-17271   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Pr. rept. Elmer B., 12-15-20 2352   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/2/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/26/1921 to Albert A. Nelson, RFD # 4, Pontiac, Michigan. Received at Destination  on 7/28/1921 by above & Dewitt C. Davis, per E.G.

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