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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44542278 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47604826 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 7927 AKERS 550933 Waitman J. 212 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company F, 38th Infantry Killed in Action 7/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Reburied 10/3/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 597  2990 Grave 6, Amer. Cty., B/A, Courtemont-Varennes, Aisne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/12/1919 Cemetery 608  11863 20435 In:  Grave 146, Section E, Plot 3, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address E.G. Akers, (Father), RFD 1, Sawers, Va. Notified Emergency Address 12/21/1918, Renotified 4/28/1919, Form 107: 12/12/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5397 Photograph No. F-24411   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 9/12/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 11/28/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/4/1921 aboard the St. Mihiel Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #56 on 12/16/1921 Shipped on 12/28/1921 to Mr. Eli G. Akers, Christianburg, Va. Received at Destination  on 12/31/1921 by J. T. Aker. Emergency address notified on 3/14/1922

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