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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44854689 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47637312 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29777 GILLIS 2340159 Walter A. 286 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Medical Detachment, 4th Infantry Killed in Action 10/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/6/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1072  2460 Grave 1, Plot B, Amer. B/A Montfaucon, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/8/1919 Cemetery 1232  10247 In:  Grave 70, Section 50, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Peter Gillis, Mother, Osage, Ia. Notified Emergency Address 2/12/1919, Form 107: 1/15/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-27223   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F 115 4-14-21   Plat No.:  A-218    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/17/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1921 aboard the Antigone Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/15/1921 to C. R. Champion, Und., Osage, Iowa Received at Destination  on 8/19/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/5/1922

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