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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44980176 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47447666 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 61311 WITTHUN 3752104 Walter C. 333 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company H., 55th Infantry Accidental Wounds 11/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/18/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 537  1880 Grave 60, Amer. Cty., Andilly, M-et-M Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/14/1919 Cemetery 1233  10484 In:  Grave 75, Section 7, Plot 2, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Robert Witthun (Brother), R 2, Fox Lake, Wisc. Notified Emergency Address 12/30/1918, Form 107: 11/22/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-16309   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 2/8/21 4097   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/27/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/23/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/6/1921 Shipped on 6/20/1921 to Herman Witthun, Fox Lake, Wisc. Received at Destination  on 6/23/1921 by Above

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