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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44864620 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47641311 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 93658 GROTTA 1057606 Elmer 449 456 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 43rd Ballon Company Gunshot Wound result of Shell Exploding. 1/31/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 2/1/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 290  3733 Grave No 313, Row 33, French Mil.Cem., Froidos, Meuse., Map 51NE E309.85 N254.85   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Nellie Grotta (Mother), RFD #3, Hanska, Minn Notified Emergency Address 3/14/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D2298   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 1/5/21   Plat No.:  D-195    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/25/1921 to Enoch Grotta, RFD #3, Hanska, Minn. Received at Destination  on 7/30/1921 by Above

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