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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44914691 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47652465 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 88593 METZ 2055716 William G. 434 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Headquarters Company 129th Infantry Broncho Pneumonia 1/12/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 1/13/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 841  511 Grave 439 American & Allied Plot., Stadtisha Friedhof Cemetery, Trier, Rhineland Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. George Metz (Mother), 7244 Prairie Ave . , Chicago, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 2/18/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. J-136   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Plat No.:  C-298    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/23/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/6/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/10/1920 aboard the Antigone Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/29/1920 Shipped on 10/13/1920 to Geo. Matz, 7244 Prairei Ave., Chicago, Ill. Received at Destination  on 10/15/1920 by Above

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