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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44914515 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47652311 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 50157 MERTZ 2294829 Melvin J. 309 Rank Montana Organization 91st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 362 Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 911  Grave No. 4, Plot 1., Cty. Amer. B.A., Gesnes, Meuse Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune G.R.S. Fm. No. 16 B. A. Cty., Geanes, Meuse, NE 35 E306.5 N281.25   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/23/1919 Cemetery 1232  10963 In:  Grave 18, Section 111, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Emma Metz, (Mother), Colony Bay, Mont., Single Sailed May 21, 1930 - George Washington Notified Emergency Address 1/31/1919, Form 107: 3/11/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 1665 Photograph No. D-34279   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Ago card mother's E/A Colony Bay, Mont., 115-5-18-21 (S-137) sec 111   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  18 Row:   28 Block:   G Authority File No. D:  31553 Reburied (date):  10/22/1921 E/A notified (date):  11/10/1923

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