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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44555965 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47619211 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 33310 COMPTON 1638931 William D. 282 Rank California Organization 4th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Headquarters Company 13th Field Artillery Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 687  2975 Grave #31, Plot B, Amer. Cty., Souhesme-la-Grande, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mary E. Compton (Mother), RFD #2, Santa Barbara, Calif. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: B 5/4/19 Form 21: R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-2063   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 for N/R 3-4-19.   Plat No.:  D-216    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  19 Row:   21 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  60578 Reburied (date):  1/10/1922 E/A notified (date):  4/6/1923

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