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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44930323 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47661755 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 74347 NELSON 470170 August report BS 3 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Ft. Screvens September Automatic Replacement Draft Coast Artillery Corps, Unit 1 Sinking of Otranto 10/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/6/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 749  8895 Grave #176, Row #5, Kilchoman Cty., Kilchoman, Islay, Argylls, Scotland Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  7/14/1920 Cemetery 749  30074 In:  Grave 277, Row 7, Kilchoman Cemetery, Kilchoman, Islay, Argyll, Scotland Emergency Address Hokan Nelson, (Brother), Ophiem, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 107/10/191420 R.B. Sketch No. 5729 Photograph No. E-1915   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F- #8 sent 2-26-19, 1-15-20 F-115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/11/1922 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/26/1922 Shipped to Brooklyn, New York on 5/27/1922 aboard the Somme Arrived at Brooklyn, New York in Consignment #66 on 6/7/1922 Shipped on 6/17/1922 to A. V. Esterdahl, Und., Moline, Ill. Received at Destination  on 6/19/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 10/2/1922

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