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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44829357 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47623744 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 76013 DRAKE 2216924 Wilber R. 389 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 109th Infantry Killed in Action 9/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/7/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1611  8572 Grave 7, Amer. B/A Cty., Coutlandon, Marne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/1/1919 Cemetery 617  20592 In:  Grave 119, Section B, Plot 3, American B/A Cemetery, Fismes, Marne Emergency Address Mrs. Jessie Drake (mother), RR 2, Fargo, Okla. Notified Emergency Address June 2, 1919, Form 107: /8/191720 R.B. Sketch No. 5691 Photograph No. F-12941   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rptd. Wilber R. --SN 221984--DD: sbt. 9-7-18, F#115-11-26-20 (S-335)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/11/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/26/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/6/1921 to Mrs. Jessie Drake, Fargo, Okla. Received at Destination  on 6/12/1921 by Above

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