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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44914024 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47651881 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 106903 MELIN Earl H. 583-34 M.C.R. Other notations: serial no.: Unknown Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 78th Company 6th USMC Died of Wounds Received 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  6820 Grave #2, Isolated grave, Charey, Meurthe-et-Mosell, 52NE E363.7 N245.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/12/1919 Cemetery 1233  10423 In:  Grave 30, Section 18, Plot 1, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Augusta V Melin, (Mother), 166 N. Leamington Ave., Chicago, Ill. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 1/26/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-18402   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: C/D prev. rept. now presumed to have been K/A chg. auth M.C.R., Form 8 sent 6/10/19, Information from Form 1-A Form 8 sent 6/10/19 C/D prev. rept. now presumed to have been K/A chg. auth M.C.R. F115 1/13/21 2521   Plat No.:  C-68    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/5/1921 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 7/13/1921 to E. G. Hales, Chicago, Ill. Received at Destination  on 7/15/1921 by Above

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