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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44980204 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47447685 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 55817 WITZKE 2821131 John 321 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Army Signal School Lobar Pneumonia 10/20/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/22/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 516  1612 Grave #53, Amer. Cty., Langres, Hte-Marne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Emma Witzke, (Mother), 709 N. Robey St. Chicago, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 12/30/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-5719   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 11-11-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/8/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/26/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #41 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/6/1921 to John Witzke, Chicago, Ill. Received at Destination  on 6/9/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/24/1922

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