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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44549476 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47612219 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 56752 BRIGGS 3334729 Ernest B. 324 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 56th Infantry Killed in Action 11/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/10/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 634  2731 Grave #41,Amer. B/A St. Marie Cam Cty. , Vilcey sur Trey, M-et-M. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/23/1919 Cemetery 1233  10944 In:  Grave 198, Section 8, Plot 4, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs Lora Trickey (Sister), Route $1, Hammond, Wisc. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /11/191419, Form 36: 4/23/1919, Form 211: 2/7/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-16626   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 1/22/21   Plat No.:  C-131    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/20/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/23/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/6/1921 Shipped on 6/28/1921 to Mr. Clifford C. Briggs, Hersey, Wisconsin Received at Destination  on 7/1/1921 by Above

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