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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44943371 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47669535 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 3121 PURCELL 8126 William A. 154 163-A Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Mechanic Section 523,US AmbulanceService Killed in Action 6/3/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  C-47 Cmme. Saconin et Breuil, Aisne., SHT 33 NE., C.L. # 47-529.  E174.5, N294 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-47  9661 Grave #1, Isolated Grave, Saconin-et-Breuil, Aisne, 33 NE E174.72 N294.2   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/19/1919 Cemetery 593  11327 In:  Grave 171, Section J, Plot 4, American B/A Cemetery, Ploisy, Aisne Emergency Address Mr. William D. Purcell (Father), 253 South 44th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 4/21/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-11367   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Form 8-W sent Oct. 27, 1919 for CC number.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/2/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/22/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/6/1921 Shipped on 5/7/1921 to William D. Purcell, Philadelphia, Pa. Received at Destination  on 5/7/1921 by Above

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