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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44963417 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677683 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29017 SIMMONS 2264278 Melvin K. 283 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company G., 363rd Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1541  4687 Grave 23, Amer. B/A Cty., Exermont, Ardennes Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/19/1919 Cemetery 1232  10685 In:  Grave 66, Section 25, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Joseph L. Simmons, father, RFD #1, Suisun, Calif. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/10/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-35384   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Benef. Mr. Jos. L. Simmons (Rel. Omitted) Suison, Calif. RFD"2, Form #8 6/19/19 for present status. 8-W - 1/7/20 for CC number, F115 - 3/30/21 156 - Sec 25   Plat No.:  A-244    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/30/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/3/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/31/1921 to National Cemetery, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 8/31/1921 by A. H. Bushmann. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Cypress Hills National Cemetery, New York Grave:  8519 Section:    Reburied (date):  9/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  12/12/1921

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