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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44962883 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677344 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 11981 SHORT 101725 William A. 234 Rank Iowa Organization 42nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company H, 168th Infantry Killed in Action 7/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 7/16/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1676  8364 Grave #5, Amer. B/A Cty., Suippes, Marne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/9/1919 Cemetery 1232  10600 In:  Grave 11, Section 53, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Albert Short (Father), 5510 Cypress St., Kansas City, Mo., Mother Dead Single. No rec. of Mother or wife. Stepmother - Mrs. Ida E. Short, 5634 Bales Ave., Kansas City, Mo. - Sailed Aug. 5, 1931 - President Harding Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /1/19 Form 212: 0, Form 21A: 2/19/1919, Form 36: 6/6/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-31447   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 4/22/21 177 - Sec 53   Plat No.:  D-91    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  24 Row:   34 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  30775 Reburied (date):  11/5/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/7/1923

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