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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44895936 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47636511 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 105176 LANCASTER 121284 Elmer Nelson 487-155 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal 78th Company, 6th Marines Killed in Action 9/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-152  6810 Grave 1, Isolated Graves, Cmme. of Charey, M-et-M, 52 NE E364.1 N245.5   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/3/1919 Cemetery 1233  10472 In:  Grave 76, Section 2, Plot 2, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Nellie Lancaster (Mother), Arcata, Humboldt County, California Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 12/2/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-15284   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Pr.rept. Elmer N.-Co. E, 6th Marines., F115 1/29/21   Plat No.:  C-68    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/28/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/29/1921 to J. A. Todd, Arcata, Calif. Received at Destination  on 8/5/1921 by Above

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