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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44963944 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47678019 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 105751 SKELTON 743193 Howard B. 545 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company E, 53rd Infantry Accidental Gunshot Wound 5/18/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 841  9630 Grave #55, Plot C-1, German Cty., Trier, Stastisha, Friedhof, Germany. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Elsie Skelton, (Mother), Loveland, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 10/16/1920 not sent Body kld H S Cows, #22 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. J-55   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: CD. prev. rept. as, Self inflicted gunshot wound. DD. prev. rept.as, 5/8/19   Plat No.:  C-299    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/26/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/6/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/10/1920 aboard the Antigone Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/29/1920 Shipped on 10/22/1920 to Wm. D. Skelton, Missouri Valley, Iowa. Received at Destination  on 10/26/1920 by Fran C. Burke.

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