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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44544713 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47607379 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 54698 BALZER 87883 Eugene I. 318 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Headquarters Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 11/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-331  5896 Grave 1, Isolated Grave, Landres-et-St. George, Ardennes 35 NE E302.25 N287.75   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/7/1919 Cemetery 1232  11301 In:  Grave 113, Section 25, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs Catherine A. Balzer (Mother), 1402 Guerrero St., San Francisco, Calif. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-35327   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8-W sent 1/25/20 for EA., #12-2/21/19, F115 4-4-21 Sheet 9   Plat No.:  B-119    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/7/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/2/1921 to Catherine A. Balzer, 1402 Guerrero St., San Francisco, Cal. Received at Destination  on 9/8/1921 by M.H. McBreaty. Emergency address notified on 12/12/1921

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