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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44556878 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47620948 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 14850 COTTON 733906 William 247 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 6th Infantry Killed in Action 8/17/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/18/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1666  8294 Grave 2, Amer. B/A Cty., Frapelle, Vosges. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs Lee Ella Cotton (Mother), Elizabethtown, Ky. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: , 1/31/1919, 6/3/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-39897   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 /10/20/20   Plat No.:  A-401    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/19/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/7/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/9/1921 to Mr. Jas. H. Cotton, Elizabethtown, Ky. Received at Destination  on 6/12/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 2/1/1922

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