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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44976614 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47445459 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 56701 WELLS 2713730 Richard 323 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 135th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 10/31/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1670  8917 Grave 7, Plot 9, Amer. B/A, Cruyshantem, Belgium. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/4/1919 Cemetery 1252  11536 In:  Grave 14, Plot B, American Cemetery, Waereghem, West Flanders Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Wells, Mother, 773 W. Lafayette St., Baltimore, Md. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 3/27/1919, Form 107: 11/8/1919, Form 36: 6/5/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5417 Photograph No. B 10200   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: R.B. Sketch No. 6175, F115. 3-22-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/17/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 3/26/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/22/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/6/1921 Shipped on 5/9/1921 to Mrs. Annie Harder, 210 West St., Annapolis, Md. Received at Destination  on 5/9/1921 by Mrs. Bertha Challner, per Annie Harder

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