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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44966812 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47679213 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 16204 SNELSON 100312 Robert O. 245 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 168th Infantry Killed in Action 7/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  7/28/1918 Cmme. 53, Fere en Tardenois, 33SE, Grave #4  E192.3, N269.6 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 618  GRSB #16,9437 Grave #73, Cty. 17, Forsberg, Grave #73, Amer. B/A Cty., Lecharmel, Aisne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/4/1919 Cemetery 608  11808 In:  Grave 117, Section L, Plot 3, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. A. W. Snelson, (Mother), Indianola, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 12/16/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-20173   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F#115 - 12-17-20 - (S-3019)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/29/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/8/1921 to Mrs. A.W. Snelson, Indianola, Iowa. Received at Destination  on 8/13/1921 by Above

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