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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44890330 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47629846 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 12085 KARKELA 302555 Albert M. 235 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 168th Infantry Killed in Action 7/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 422  7/16/1918 Grave No. 24, Miomandre Hosp. Cty., Suippes, Marne. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1676  8363,GRS Form,16. Grave 24, Amer. B/A, Grave 24 B/A Cty., Suippes, Marne, Suippes, Marne, 35 SE E269.3 N265.3   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/9/1919 Cemetery 1232  11314 In:  Grave 79, Section 48, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Matt Karkela (Father), 4322 Oak St., Calumet, Mich. Notified Emergency Address 12/31/1918, Form 107: 2/26/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. 26158   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 4-20-21 8#80   Plat No.:  D-91    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/20/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/9/1921 to Mr. Matt Kargela, Calumet, Mich. Received at Destination  on 8/12/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 2/6/1922

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