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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44954153 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47672647 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 82845 ROPER 1495717 William A. See Remarks Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 9th Infantry Wounds rec. from bomb from enemy airplane 11/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/3/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 789  3815 Grave 12, Sec. #17, Trench #1, French Civilian Cemetery, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address S.R.C. Roper (Father), 221 Caresa St., Corpus Christi, Texas. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /5/191120 FB R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-39442   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 /11/13/20 30 - 13   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/11/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/30/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/18/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 7/19/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3163 Section:   European Reburied (date):  7/25/1921 E/A notified (date):  1/31/1922

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