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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44930321 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47661750 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 71763 NELSON 102272 August 388 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Cook Company L, 168th Infantry Pneumonia 12/11/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 12/12/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1020  21011 Grave #5, Amer. Sec, Row A, Plot 1, German Civilian Cty., Echternach, Luxembourg. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. A. O. Nelson, (Aunt), 908 Avenue C, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address 2/5/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-34998   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Plat No.:  C-233    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/27/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/20/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/25/1920 aboard the Pocahontas Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #24 on 10/18/1920 Shipped on 10/27/1920 to Mrs. A.O. Nelson, 908 Ave., C. Council Bluffs, Iowa Received at Destination  on 10/30/1920 by Above Emergency address notified on 10/23/1922

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