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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44552365 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47614974 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 53705 CAPPS 121874 Walter Eugene 370 SP 48 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 82nd Company, 6th Marines Died of Wounds Received in Action 6/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 575  Grave No. 71, Amer. BA, Cty., Bouresches, Aisne, Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune G.R.S.,Form#16. Grave #71, Plot 68, Myers, near Bouresches, Aisne. E176.5 N261.9   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 1764  20343 In:  Grave 38, Section S, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mr. George Capps, (Father), 700 Humphreys Ave., Oak Park, Ill. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /6/192320 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-15471   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8-W sent for NR 6/11/20., F115 2-10-21, (S 318)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/15/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/27/1921 to Julius Butzow, Chicago, Ill., Received at Destination  on 8/29/1921 by Above

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