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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44548582 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47611316 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 36974 BOWER 1429442 William G. 289 Rank South Dakota Organization 77th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company K, 305th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  9/28/1918 Cmme. 277 Boureuilles (Meuse), SHT 35 SE, E Buried by Co. H, 305th Inf. & rept. location not known, C.L. 277-915, 2-8-19 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-277  22024 Isolated Grave, Haut Jardinet Bois, Cmme. Boureilles, Meuse, Map d'Argenne, Buried alongside of Paul E. Lorens. E300.08 N271.15   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/8/1925 Cemetery 1232  corr 6/19/25 In:  Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Held in Morgue Emergency Address Mike Bower (cousin), Brooklyn, S.D., (see below) Over Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 8-w-a of 7/11/25 gives E/A Brother James Bower, Brookings, S.D. prev. rep/. chg'd per auth 8-w-a 7/11/25 and brother ind. to our letter of 7/13/25   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  12 Row:   43 Block:   H Authority File No. D:  22081 Reburied (date):  11/17/1925 E/A notified (date):  1/7/1926 Other notations:  Mr. James Bower (Brother) % Brookings Candy Co., Brookings, South Dakota. No record of parents or wife.

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