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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44971982 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47443108 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 99687 VANWEY Roy Ellsworth Mar. Crps Corr. 12/21/21 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 96th Company, 6th Marines Died of Wounds Received in Action 7/19/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 615  1312 Grave # 139, American B/A Cemetery,Vierzy, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/22/1919 Cemetery 593  11917 & 20902 In:  Grave 131, Section J, Plot 3, American B/A Cemetery, Ploisy, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Lydia Vanway, (Mother), Burlingame, Kansas. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F 115 12-20-21 1648   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/8/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 1/17/1922 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/3/1922 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #59 on 2/14/1922 Shipped on 2/27/1922 to Mrs. Lydia C. Vanwey, Burlingame, Kansas Received at Destination  on 3/2/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 6/6/1922 Other notations: C.C. prev. rep 601 C.D. prev. reported - Presumed to have died of WRIA 7/19/18, chg auth Marine corr. 12/21 21

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