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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44852829 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47636576 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 26860 GERRESTAD 1207226 William R. 277 Rank New York Organization 27th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D., 106th Infantry Killed in Action 9/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/1/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 645  20719 Grave 18, Plot 2, Row G, St. Emilie, British Amer. Mil., Villers-Faucon, Somme Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/13/1921 Cemetery 645  30119 In:  Grave 13, Row A, Plot 1, St. Emilie British American Cemetery, Villers Faucon, Somme Emergency Address Charles J. Gerrestad, Father deceased, 574 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N.Y., Over Notified Emergency Address 12/24/1918, 107/7/191520 R.B. Sketch No. 5086 Photograph No. B-13303   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F #115 8/27/20   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery Grave:  3 Row:   4 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  70216 E/A notified (date):  3/15/1927 Other notations:  Alexander Gerrestad (Brother) Benf. %Mrs. Pfell, 262 10 St.., Hoboken, N. J. Authority corres from Vet. Bureau. Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  636 - Somme American Cemetery Grave:  4 Row:   4 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  61292, 70216 Reburied (date):  10/6/1922

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