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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551298 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47613910 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 14756 BURNS 1716236 James 268 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class E Battery 306th Field Artillery Died of Wounds Received in Action 8/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/26/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 412  9567 Grave #122, Amer. B/A Cty., Villers sur Fere, Aisne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 608  11810 In:  Grave 149, Section B, Plot 3, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Patrick Burns, (Father), 802 Melrose Ave., New York City. Notified Emergency Address 5/12/1919, Form 107: 12/19/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5830 Photograph No. F-16372   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 sent 3/1/19, F115 - 12/4/20 - 410   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/3/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/4/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/26/1921 to Mr. Patrick Burns, 802 Melrose Ave., Bronx, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 7/26/1921 by Above

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