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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44943449 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47669569 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 19002 PURTLE 1205465 James F. 257 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company L, 105 Infantry Killed in Action 9/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 323  748 Grave #17, Plot 32, Row C, Lijssenthoek, Mil. Cty., Poperingne, Belgium. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Anna Purtle (Mother), 155 Ellsworth Ave., Mechanicville, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 12/23/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B - 6681   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: 3/12/20- F.115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/14/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 2/28/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/21/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/3/1921 Shipped on 4/12/1921 to James Purtle, 155 Ellsworth Ave., Mechanicsville, N. Y. Received at Destination  on 4/13/1921 by Above

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