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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44544822 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47607486 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 4150 BARBEN 237960 Walter A. 175-1-5 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, Machine Gun Battalion 1st Brigade Killed in Action 6/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Reburied 12/29/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1241  2602 Grave #35, Plot A, Amer. Cty., Cantigny, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 176  11941 In:  Grave 46, Section A, American Cemetery, Villers-Tournelle, Somme Emergency Address Mrs. David Barbem (Mother), 201 Elm St., Watertown, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 2/19/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5319 Photograph No. B-14155   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Form 8 sent 5-6-19 for present status. 8-W also gives Organization as: Co. B, 18th Inf.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/9/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/21/1921 to William R. Box, Undertaker, 161 Stone St., Watertown, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 3/23/1921 by Above

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