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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44966490 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47679090 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 65132 SMITH 3209683 William A. 443 348 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 165th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/24/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/25/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 558  3144 Grave 276, Row 7,American Cty., ,Froidos ,(Chateau Salvange),(Meuse) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12125 In:  Grave 169, Section 65, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Mary J. Smith (Mother), 17 Waverly Ave., Lynbrook, L.I., N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 1/18/1919, 5/7/1919 Form 107: 2/27/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-10274   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Pr. rept. William., 12-2/27/19., F115- 4/27/21 173- Sec 65   Plat No.:  D-202    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/4/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/12/1921 to National Cemetery, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 10/12/1921 by A.H. Bushman Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Cypress Hills National Cemetery, New York Grave:  8580 Section:    Reburied (date):  October, 1921. E/A notified (date):  12/23/1921

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