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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551720 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47614332 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 30899 BYERS 2560166 William M. 278 Rank North Dakota Organization 35th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company I, 138th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/27/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1678  8912 Grave #730, French Mil. Cty., Brabant en Argonne, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/8/1919 Cemetery 1232  10355 In:  Grave 169, Section 49, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Lester Button (Cousin), Bradley, S.D. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: , 4/25/1919, Form 36: 5/29/1919, Form 107: 1/17/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-27029   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 8 W-A sent for ORg. 9-25-21 Form #8 sent 3/1/19, F115 -4-18-21 (S-28) sec 49   Plat No.:  A-222    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  27 Row:   41 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  31212 Reburied (date):  11/19/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/3/1923

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