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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44963441 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677698 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 87933 SIMMONS 1496798 William L. 288 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Medical Detachment, 143rd Infantry Killed in Action 10/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/10/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-262  5145 Grave 3, Isolated Grave., Somme Py (Marne), 35SW E268.35 N277.95   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1232  10587 In:  Grave 15, Section 82, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Nettie M. Simmons, mother, 2212 Terry St., Houston, Texas Notified Emergency Address 2/10/1919, Form 107: 1/21/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-32800   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115/ 4-30-21 /82-166, SDCR#673   Plat No.:  D-71    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/18/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/11/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 8/12/1921 by Asa Irwin Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  2696 Section:   European Reburied (date):  August, 1921 E/A notified (date):  12/28/1921

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