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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44914106 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47651954 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 18344 MELTON 1324341 William B. 272 Rank North Carolina Organization 30th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Battery E, 113th Field Artillery Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/12/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-114  2526 Grave , Isolated, Comme Remenauville, M-et-M, Sht 52 NE E264.3 N235.9   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/18/1919 Cemetery 1233  11905 In:  Grave 202, Section 20, Plot 4, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Burton J. Melton, (Father), Caroleen, N.C. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 2/17/1919, Form 36: 3/7/1919 Form 107: 11/29/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-18990   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 1/31/21 2525   Plat No.:  C-106    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  St. Mihiel American Cemetery Grave:  30 Row:   8 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  31750 Reburied (date):  8/15/1922 E/A notified (date):  3/11/1924

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