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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
28973 SHEEHAN William A. 287

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
First Lieutenant Company F, 315th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
MEMO 
Cmme. Cunel ?Meuse., 35NE, C-L249-2166  E310.1,N283.4

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-179 
22422 Isolated shell hole, Bois des Ogons, Cmme. Nantillois, Meuse, Beginning at south side this was the 4th body.
E310.9 N282.54  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1927 Cemetery 1232 
corr 6/11/27 In:  Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Held in Morgue

Emergency Address Mrs. Endora Sheehan- mother, Apt. 42 Westchester, 15th & O sts. N.W. Washington, D.C. Notified Emergency Address

R.B. Sketch No.
Photograph No.
 

Grave Marker Name Peg
  
Cross
  
Head Board
  
Bottle
  
Ident. Tag Buried with body
  Yes  
On grave marker
  

Remarks: F-115 439 7/29/27  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 6/3/1927 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Dunkerque or Dunkirk on 8/29/1927
Shipped to Brooklyn, NY aboard the Schodak
Arrived at Brooklyn, NY on 9/27/1927
Shipped to Quartermaster Supply Officer, Washington General Depot, Wash., D.C.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
4134 Section:   

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