Name: : Robert A.  Swoards Back New Search

Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44974511 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47682279 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 102437 SWOARDS 2739272 Robert A. 505 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Cook 538th Motor Truck Company, 426th Motor Supply Train Diabetes Mellitis 4/9/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 4/11/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 22  8284 Grave 308, Amer. Cty.,Cmme of Sevenay, Loire-Inferieure. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Anna N. Swoards (Wife), 533 S. 17th St., Redding, Pa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/20/1920 FB R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 8-W sent 6/18/19 for present status, 3/26/20 F #115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/13/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  St. Nazaire on 8/2/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/31/1920 aboard the Sherman Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 9/11/1920 Shipped on 9/21/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 9/22/1920 by Henry Kanich. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  579 Section:    Authority File No. D:  102437 Reburied (date):  9/25/1920

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