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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44976454 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47445381 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 26492 WELKER 1520540 Thomas B. 283 Rank Ohio Organization 37th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company B, 146th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Awarded for extraordinary heroism in action Gen. O. 50, War Dept., 4-12-19 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 901  3020 Grave #7, Amer. B/A Cty., Cierges, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 1232  10307 In:  Grave 22, Section 30, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Norman H. Welker, (Father), 728 Yale St. , Akron, Ohio., Below Notified Emergency Address 1/26/1919, Form 107: 1/16/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-37241   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: AGO Card Mr. Norman H. Welker (Father) I25-E. Tallmadge Ave., Akron, O. Letter dated June 19, 1922, confirms this address., F115 - 4-2-21 (-202) Sec 30   Plat No.:  A-318    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  14 Row:   26 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  31061 Reburied (date):  12/24/1921 E/A notified (date):  6/29/1923

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