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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44954998 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47673088 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 7394 ROURKE 53320 William 214 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company D, 26th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 5/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 442  3796 Grave 4, Amer. Plot F, French Mil. Cty., Grevecoeur-le-Grand, Oise. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 442  In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Annie Schmidt, (Sister), 472 Locust St., Elgin, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 10/25/1918 R.B. Sketch No. 5538 Photograph No. B-13579   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Plat No.:  D-185    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/24/1921 for preparation and shipment. Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #48 on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/18/1921 to John J. Rourke, Elgin, Ill. Received at Destination  on 7/22/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/24/1922

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