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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44976883 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47445591 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 3191 WERTZ 122043 James Clair 155 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant 83rd Company, 6th Marines Killed in Action 6/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 6/4/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 751  9648 Grave 14, Plot B, Amer. Cty., Essommes-sur-Marne, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/7/1919 Cemetery 1764  11406 20300 In:  Grave 153, Section D, Plot 4, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Frances M. Wertz (Wife), 35 Cobb Place, Morristown, N.J. Notified Emergency Address 1/23/1919, Form 107: 1/10/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5894 Photograph No. F-24889   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Prev. rptd. Gunnery Sgt. James C, Co. K, 6th Marines-EA also Mrs. Mary E. Wertz, mother, 16 Ridge Rd., Lewiston, PA., F115 - 2-21-21 (S 2394)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/7/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/-/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/23/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/25/1921 to Mrs. Mary E. Wertz, 16 Ridge Road, Lewiston, Pa., Received at Destination  on 7/26/1921 by Above

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