| 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: |
|
| Authority File No. D: |
70216 |
| E/A notified (date): |
1/4/1927 |
Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery |
| Cemetery: |
636 - Somme American Cemetery |
| Grave: |
|
| Authority File No. D: |
61018 |
| Reburied (date): |
10/6/1922 |
|