Name: : Lester E.  Potterfield Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44941942 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47668877 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 47224 POTTERFIELD 1287742 Lester E. 301 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company D, 116th Infantry Killed in Action 10/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  10/10/1918 communal List 283-1703, Cmme. Brabert-sur-Meuse., Meuse., SHT 35 NE;, Grave #7;, from south, C-283  E326.4 , N278.95 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune G.R.S. Fm. 16-A About 2 kilometers east of Brabant-our-Meuse and 1 kilometer west of Haumont-pres-Samagneux, (Meuse) E325.7 N277.5   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  12/7/1920 Cemetery 1232  21237 In:  Grave 62, Section 112, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. C. E. Potterfield, (Father), Front Royal, Va. Notified Emergency Address F: Form 107: 1/18/19 Form 21: R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg   Yes   Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8-W-A sent 1-13-21 for E/A, F115 - 5-18-21 (S65) sec 112   Plat No.:  C-221    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/28/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/6/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/17/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. Received at Destination  on 10/18/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper. Capt Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3744 Section:   European Reburied (date):  10/27/1921 E/A notified (date):  5/16/1922

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