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Funeral Records: Military, Pearl F. Webster

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Army Card: Webster, Pearl F. #3672135 (Colored)
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  • Residence: 170 W. 141st St, New York, New York Co, NEW YORK
  • Inducted: New York, NY on July 18, 1918
  • Place of Birth: Kahoka, Mo
  • Age or date of birth: 29 yrs
  • Organizations served: 153 Dep Brig to Aug 30/18; Co. F 807 Pion Inf to death
  • Grades: Pvt; Corp.
  • Served Overseas from: Sept 4/18 to death
  • Died of: lobar pneumonia – Nov 16, 1918
  • Person notified: Mrs. Alice M. Webster, wife, 170 West 141st Street, New York, N.Y.

Burial Card: WEBSTER, Pearl F. #3672135
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Back: [Link to original – Fold3.com]

Front

  • File No. : 59742
  • Cablegram No: 339
  • Rank: Cpl.
  • Organization: Co F, 807th Pion Inf.
  • Cause of death: Lobar Pneumonia
  • Date of Death: 11-16-18
  • Date of Burial: 11-16-18
  • Authority File No. D: 3628
  • Place of Burial: Grave No 22, Plot D, Row 2, Amer. Cty, Fleury-sur-Aire, Meuse. – Commune #766
  • Authority File No. D: 12318
  • Disinterred and Reburied: 6-20-19; Grave No 61, Sec 106, Plot 2, Argonne Amer. Cty., Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse – Commune #1232
  • Emergency Address: Mrs. Alice M. Webster, wife, 170 W. 141st St., New York City
  • R.B. Sketch No. : 5759
  • Photograph No : D-22293
  • Notified Emergency Address: 12-17-18; 3-8-20–107
  • Grave Marker: Cross (yes)
  • Buried with Body: yes
  • On grave marker: yes

Back – Removal Project Inforation

  • Body disinterred: 8/4//21 for preparation and shipment
  • Arrived at Antwerp, 9/6/21
  • Shipped to Hoboken, 9/20/21, (boat) Wheaton
  • Arrived at Hoboken, Cons.#52, 10/3/21
  • Shipped: 11/12/21 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington D.C.
  • Received at Destination: 11/14/21 by Asa Irwin, Capt. Q.M.C.
  • Reburied: Nov 17-1921 – Grave #355 European Section (Colored Section), National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.