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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44879283 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47646975 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 56437 HECKATHORN 1515300 Harry 323 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 135th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 11/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1670  8917 Grave #20, Amer. B/A Cty., Cmme. of Cruyshautem, Belgium. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/4/1919 Cemetery 1252  11541 In:  Grave 119, Plot B, American Cemetery, Waereghem, West Flanders Emergency Address Mrs. Milton Heckathorn, (Mother), Main St. Wellsville, Ohio Notified Emergency Address 1/30/1920 # Form 107: R.B. Sketch No. 6175 Photograph No. B-10305   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: form 8w sent 1/29/20 for CC number, Form 8-w sent 1/20/20, 3/20/20- F#115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/17/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 3/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/22/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/6/1921 Shipped on 5/9/1921 to Mrs. Julia Heckathorn, Cor 5th & Market Sts., Toronto, Ohio. Received at Destination  on 5/10/1921 by Above

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