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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44828463 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47622972 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 39312 DONOVAN 1697619 William J. 294 Rank New York Organization 77th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 305th Infantry Killed in Action 10/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-293  1779 Grave 1, Isolated, Cmme, Apremont, Ardennes, SHT 35 SW E298.5 N275.6   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/20/1919 Cemetery 1232  12288 In:  Grave 181, Section 103, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. J. Donovan (mother), 1203 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 4/15/1919 RTD, Form 107: 3/10/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D- #9197   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 5-11-21 (S 56) Sec 102   Plat No.:  D-128    D-157    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  22 Row:   19 Block:   F Authority File No. D:  31491 Reburied (date):  10/20/1921 E/A notified (date):  10/19/1923

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