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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44893412 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47633587 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 75238 KNECHT 119390 Albert Joseph 506 SP 30 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 43rd Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 6/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 712  6/15/1918 Grave 116, Amer. B.A. Cty., Lucy-le-Bocage, Aisne, Exhumed fr. Plot 34 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS.F.16 Grave 116, Plot 69, Unknown Field, Belleau Woods Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/4/1919 Cemetery 1764  11166 20302& 51032 In:  Grave 3, Section F, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Adam Knecht, father, 5335 St. Louis Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-25023   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: Prev.rptd.Albert J,Co.F,5th Marines, F. 8-W sent 1-16-20- for EA., F115-2/15/21 1221   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/11/1922 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Marseilles on 8/20/1922 Shipped to New York, New York on 8/28/1922 aboard the Sapelo Arrived at New York, New York in Consignment #68 on 9/20/1922 Shipped on 9/27/1922 to Ed Koch, Undertaker, 3616 North 14th St., St. Louis, Missouri. Received at Destination  on 9/29/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 11/25/1922

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