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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44827093 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47621632 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 24199 DIETRICH 256458 Howard W. 273 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Headquarters Company 1st Field Artillery Pneumonia 9/27/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/28/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 258  2477 Grave 54, Amer. Vittel, Vosges. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Charles W. Dietrich, (father), RFD#4, South Bend, Ind. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-30144   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Beneficiary: Mrs. Mary F. Dietrich, 1510 Virginia St., South Bend, Ind. (mother) Prv.rpt. - Diethrich, Form #8 sent 3-4-19 for NR. Prv. rpt. - DIETHRICH   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/5/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/14/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/1/1921 to Mrs. Mary F. Dietrich, 707 E. Ind. Ave., South Bend, Ind. Received at Destination  on 6/3/1921 by Above

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