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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44935099 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47665741 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 5721 OTTO 118073 William Herman 202 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal 45th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 6/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 551  7/25/1918 Grave No. 43, Amer. B/A Cty., Torcy, Cmme. of Torcy, Aisne. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS #16 Grave 43, Plot 63, Myers,,left of road between Lucy-la-Bocage and Torcy, Aisne. E174.8 N262.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1764  20284 In:  Grave 32, Section C, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Martha Otto, Mother, 2121 Addison St., Chicago, Ill. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-15227   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 2-17-21 (S1738)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/30/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/30/1921 to E. Schmidt, Und., Chicago, Ill. Received at Destination  on 9/1/1921 by E. E. Schmidt, Und. Emergency address notified on 2/6/1922

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