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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551317 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47613929 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 80944 BURNS 1268924 John W. 418 Rank Organization 4th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Hdqrs Troop Motorcycle Accident 12/31/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 1/2/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1785  11680 Grave #3, German Military Cty. Bad Bertrich Germany, Rhineland. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Carrie Spahn (Mother), 1702 State St., La Porte, Ind. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 12/12/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 6336 Photograph No. J-1127   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 2/26/19 #12 4/17/Rcu AGO-LSCSA #1,, 6-22-20-115   Plat No.:  D-219    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/14/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/25/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/10/1920 aboard the Antigone Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/29/1920 Shipped on 10/6/1920 to Cutler Brothers, 811 INdiana Ave, La Porte, Ind. Received at Destination  on 10/8/1920 by Mrs. Carrie Spahn.

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