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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551882 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47614494 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 62240 CAIRNS 274295 William B. 223 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company G, 127th Infantry Killed in Action 7/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Reburied 10/28/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 620  9553 Grave #58, Amer. B/A Cty., Roncheres, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 608  11835 In:  Grave 20, Section E, Plot 1, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address William B. Cairns, Sr. (Father), 3010 Madison St., Madison, Wisc. Notified Emergency Address 12/19/1918, Dec 18, 1919 Form 107: R.B. Sketch No. 5826 Photograph No. F-15534   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F#115 - 12-4-20 (S-442)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/11/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/19/1921 to Wm. B. Cairns, Madison, Wisconsin Received at Destination  on 7/21/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/28/1922

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