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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551060 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47613672 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 102 BURFORD Wiley H. 41 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Second Lieutenant Battery A, 7th Field Artillery Bullet Wound of the Head. 2/14/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 2/14/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 72  2624 Grave #188, Row #2, Amer. Extension Cty., Mandres aux Quatre Tours, M-et-M Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/14/1919 Cemetery 1233  11882 In:  Grave 5, Section 15, Plot 1, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address R.A. Burford, (Father), Ft. King Ave. Ocala, Fla. Notified Emergency Address 3/6/1919, Form 107: 12/1/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-17861   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 1/22/21 457   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/20/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 5/23/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 6/6/1921 Shipped on 6/27/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 6/28/1921 by D. R. Wolverton. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  4370 Section:    Reburied (date):  June, 1921

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