Reeves, Alfred Vernon

Summary

Father: William Anslow Reeves
Mother: Laura A.

Birth: 30 Apr 1891, San Francisco, California
Birth Source: WWI Draft Card

Death: 9 Oct 1918, probably France
Death Source: WWI Burial Card

Spouse1:

Narrative

The WWI burial card for Alfred lists him as a Private in Co. B, 361st Inf. 91st Div. He was from California and died 9 Oct 1918 from wounds received in action. He is listed as reburied 3 Nov 1926 in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in France (Grave 10, Row 43, Block E).

His emergency contact lists Mrs. Laura Reeves (Mother) and W. A. Reeves (Father) of San Francisco, California.

The 1900 census lists his birth date as Apr 1891. The VA master index lists it as 30 Apr 1890. However his WWI Draft card agrees with the census and states 30 Apr 1891.

San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jul 1919
TARDY NEWS OF HEROES' DEATH JUST RECEIVED
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Casualty lists issued by the War Department yesterday carried the names of two more San Francisco boys, Corporal Emanuel E. Rosenthal and Private Alfred V. Reeves, who gave their lives in the great Argonne offensive. Both succumbed to wounds the day they were wounded.
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Private Reeves' case was similar to that of Rosenthal's. The War Department, on February 3, reported to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Reeves, 3268 Twenty-fourth street, that their son had been wounded October 9, 1918. Further efforts to trace his whereabouts were fruitless. Yesterday the advice was received that he had died on the same date that he was wounded. Reeves was a member of the 361st Infantry.

According to records of the American Battle Monuments Commission, he was buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in France.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          WWI Draft Registration Card - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKM-QF1
Death:        WWI Burial Card - Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917 - 1922 (NARA)
Burial:       American Battle Monuments Commission - Alfred V. Reeves, 361st Infantry Regiment, 91st Division

1900 Census:  San Francisco County, California https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M95Z-8ZC
1910 Census:  San Francisco County, California https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVG7-593

FamilySearch - United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jul 1919