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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44852809 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47636569 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29359 GERRA 2673585 Mattes 395 285 AG201 Rank Connecticut Organization 4th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 58th Infantry 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 19, Plot B, Amer. Cty., Souhesme-la-Grande, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Miss Lena Gerra, Sister, 58 Crescent Ave., Bridgeport, Conn., Miss Lucia Gerra, Sister, 4 Plum St., Worcester, Mass. Notified Emergency Address 11/7/1918, 5/16/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-2075   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv. rpt. Gurra, Mathew EA Also Mr. J. La Torre (Brother in Law) Same P.O. as EA), #8 Nr: 3-5-19   Plat No.:  D-216    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  15 Row:   21 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  60578 Reburied (date):  1/11/1922 E/A notified (date):  4/6/1923

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