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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44894636 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47634960 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 25942 KREIS 2024430 Jacob 276 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company I, 47th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/28/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 687  2974 Grave 54, Plot A, Amer. Cty., Souhesme-la-Grande, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/5/1921 Cemetery 687  30170 In:  Grave 29, Plot B, American Cemetery, Souhesmes La Grande, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Henry Gross (Great Uncle), 915 Erie Ave., Sheboygan, Wis. Notified Emergency Address 12/20/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-1990   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Plat No.:  D-216    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 11/22/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/4/1921 aboard the St. Mihiel Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #56 on 12/16/1921 Shipped on 1/3/1922 to John Ballhorn, Und., Sheboygan, Wisc. Received at Destination  on 1/5/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 3/8/1922

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