| File No. |
Last Name |
Army Serial No. |
First name and Initials |
Cablegram No. |
|
11129
|
RITCHEY
|
1257556
|
Oram
|
245
|
|
| Rank |
|
Cause of Death |
Date of Death |
|
Sergeant
|
Company A, 109th Machine Gun Battalion
|
Died of Wounds Received in Action
|
8/8/1918
|
|
| Date of Burial |
Place of Burial—Unconfirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
|
|
8/9/1918
|
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Place of Burial—Confirmed |
Cemetery Commune |
407
|
|
923
|
Grave 4, French Civ. Cty., Chery-Chartreuve, Aisne.
|
|
Authority File No. D |
Disinterred and Reburied: Date
10/2/1919
| Cemetery |
508
|
|
20025 20475
|
In:
Grave 304, Section G, Plot 6, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne
|
|
| Emergency Address |
Mrs. Harriet B. Ritchey, Mother, 427 S.W. End Ave., Lancaster, Penna.
|
Notified Emergency Address
5/17/1919, 2/20/1920 107
|
|
R.B. Sketch No.
5159
|
Photograph No.
F-18450
|
|
|
| Grave Marker |
Name Peg
|
Cross
Yes
|
Head Board
|
Bottle
|
Ident. Tag |
Buried with body
|
On grave marker
Yes
|
|
| Remarks: |
#8 sent for NR 2-28-19, F115 12-15-20 (S-2691)
|
|
|
| Removal Project Information |
|
Body disinterred 5/9/1921 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 7/14/1921
to Mr. Jacob D. Ritchey, 299 S. West End Ave., Lancaster, Pa.
|
| Received at Destination
on 7/14/1921
by Above
|
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