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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44944776 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47670208 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 65288 RAU 1429273 William R. 349 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company H, 9th Infantry Killed in Action 11/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/13/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 861  2962 Grave 31, Amer. B/A Cty., Beaumont, Ardennes Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  3/7/1919 Cemetery 1203  11119 In:  Grave 152, Section 1, Plot 4, Sedan American Cemetery, Latanne, Ardennes Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Rau, (Mother), 729 - 8th Ave., S.E., St. Cloud, Minn. Notified Emergency Address 1/18/1919, Form 107: 11/28/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-30054   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv. rpt.- E.A. RR#1, St. Cloud, Minn., F115 -9-27-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/31/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/9/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 4/5/1921 to Mrs. Mary Rau, 1520 7th Ave., Se. E. St. Cloud, Minn. Received at Destination  on 4/8/1921 by Above

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