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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551283 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47613895 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 90309 BURNS 3747201 Edward Alexander 492 SP 157 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company M, 311th Infantry Killed in Action 10/25/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/31/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1269  3398 Grave #21, Plot 1, Amer. B/A Cty., Grand pre, Ardennes. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/4/1919 Cemetery 1232  10385 In:  Grave 164, Section 30, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Ella Burns, (Mother), 401 E. 4th St., Merrill, W"is. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 1/19/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-37748   Grave Marker Name Peg   Yes   Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Date and cause of death to be determined. Prev. reptd as Edward A. Burns., Form #8 sent 4-17-19. Date and cause of death to be determined., F115 - 4/2/21 28 - Sec 30   Plat No.:  B-34    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/30/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/3/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/30/1921 to Mrs. Ella Burns, Merrioll, Wisc. Received at Destination  on 9/2/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 2/4/1922

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