Seeking records for William B Manning

Michael,

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from newspapers.com

According to the Billings Gazette, Billings Montana 11 Dec 1918 , the cause of death of

your g g uncle, William Bethel Manning.

Alice Lane

Research Volunteer

There is a new transcription project nearing completion on Zooniverse.  It is called American WWI Burial Cards. 

RG 92: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774 - 1985

Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917 - 1922

NAID: 6943087

The project is searchable at http://wjh.us/aef/index.asp .

According to his card, William B. Manning died of Traumatic Teritonitis - Accid.  (they may have meant peritonitis).

http://wjh.us/aef/cardview.asp?cid=145914

Hello Mr. Manning,

came across this information. The other information was from the State of Montana they have him listed as DOD aka Died of Disease, listed under Sergeants

Hope this helps,

Elliot Schneider

Dear Mr. Manning,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We suggest that you request a copy of his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for enlisted men of the U.S. Army who were separated from the service after October 1912 and prior to 1958 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. In many cases where personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. Please complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO  63138-1002. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests.

The information you seek may be contained in his burial case file. Burial case files for 1915 to 1939 are in the custody of the National Archives at St. Louis (RL-SL). For access to these records, please contact RL-SL via email at stl.archives@nara.gov.

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the series Records of Cavalry Regiments, 1916 - 1937 in the Records of U.S. Regular Army Mobile Units (Record Group 391) that includes records of the 15th Cavalry Regiment. For access to these files, please contact the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) via email at archives2reference@nara.gov.

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We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!