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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44825307 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47619871 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 92042 DECKER 290711 Emil Francis 546 SP 57 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 43rd Company, 5th Marines Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/3/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1013  3174 Grave 11, Plot 4, French Cty., Souain, Marne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 1232  10577 In:  Grave 75, Section 32, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Elizabeth Decker, Mother, 212 Cleveland, St., Orange, N. J. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 1/26/19 Form 21: R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-22728   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8-W sent 1-20-20 for E.A. F-8-W-A sent 1/18/21, F115-4-5-21 (S-49), Sec 32   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/23/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/31/1921 to Gustave Kunz, 35 Center St., Orange, N.J. Received at Destination  on 8/31/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/16/1921

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