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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
24143 VESTER 1314884 James B. 278

Rank
North Carolina Organization 30th Div.
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company B, 119th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/29/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
51-A 
10/2/1918

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
51-A 
3710 Grave 35, Plot 6, Row F, Tincourt British Mil., Tincourt, Somme.

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/6/1921 Cemetery 51-A 
30281 In:  Grave 2, Row B, Plot 8, British Military Cemetery, Tincourt-Boucly, Somme

Emergency Address Mr. & Mrs. Elijah J. Vester, Mother, & Father, RFD #2, Nashville, N.C. Notified Emergency Address
12/11/1918

R.B. Sketch No.
5452
Photograph No.
B 13146
 

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

Remarks: Prev.reptd Pvt.l.c correccted auth.AGO 1-3-25 No wife.  

Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery
Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery
Grave: 
16 Row:   4 Block:   C
Authority File No. D:  70216
E/A notified (date):  1/4/1927

Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery
Cemetery:  636 - Somme American Cemetery
Grave: 
17 Row:   4 Block:   C
Authority File No. D:  61018
Reburied (date):  10/6/1922
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