Name: : Norbert J.  Opitz Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44934437 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47665438 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 27737 OPITZ 1429509 Norbert J. 282 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 58th Infantry Accidental Gunshot Wound 9/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/12/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 150  1719 Grave 24, Plot A, Row 5, French Mil. Cty., Senoncourt., (Meuse) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Christine Opitz, (Mother), Peever, S. D. Notified Emergency Address 12/25/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-34942   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv.rpt. Nnorbert J., F115 - 1/4/21 - 23   Plat No.:  D-207    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/27/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/6/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/14/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 7/15/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper, Capt. QMC Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3006 Section:   European Reburied (date):  7/21/1921 E/A notified (date):  1/18/1922

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