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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44557001 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47621191 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 40465 COVER 1458932 William P. 289 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Headquarters/ Company 140th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1709  9324 Grave #13, Plot A, Row #1,Amer. B/A Cty., Baulny, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/6/1919 Cemetery 1232  11047 In:  Grave 137, Section 12, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address John William Cover (Father), Anderson, Mo. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 1/27/1920, 5/26/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-8176   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #12 2/27/18., F115 - 3/21/21 27 - Sec 12   Plat No.:  A-148    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/13/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/15/1921 to National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo. Received at Destination  on 8/18/1921 by John McCorth. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Springfield National Cemetery, Missouri Grave:  1898-A Section:   19 Reburied (date):  August, 1921 E/A notified (date):  12/8/1921

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