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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44842843 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47633016 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 10316 FRANZ 1848027 William C. 228 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 126th Infantry Killed in Action 7/31/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/3/18 ,Reburied 10/22/18 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 565  9646 Grave 284, Amer. Cty., Sergy, Aisne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/12/1919 Cemetery 608  11824 In:  Grave 59, Section C, Plot 2, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Elizabeth Franz, Mother, 11 Mt. Wood Rd., Wheeling, W. Va. Notified Emergency Address 12/9/1918, Form 107: 12/26/1919, Renot 3/12/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5867 Photograph No. F-18816   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: 11/14/1921, 12/8/1920   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/4/1921 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 #47 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/28/1921 to Louis Bertschy Und, Wheeling, W. Va. Received at Destination  on 7/31/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/6/1922

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