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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551170 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47613782 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 89973 BURKE 267774 William E. 439 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class 18th Company 1st Air. ServiceMech.R Influenza & Pneumonia 1/28/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1457  4004 & 40095 Grave 10, French Mil. Cty., Colbey, Vosges Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/17/1921 Cemetery 1457  30202 In:  Grave 10, French Military Cemetery, Golbey, Vosges Emergency Address Mrs. Augusta Burke, (Mother), Fairfax, S.Dakota Notified Emergency Address 5/8/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form No. 12 sent 2-26-19, F-115 - 4/7/21 - 6.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 9/19/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/28/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/14/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/25/1921 Shipped on 10/3/1921 to Michael F. Burke, Fairfax, South Dakota Received at Destination  on 11/5/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 10/31/1922

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