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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44850141 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47635706 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 65623 GATES 1937341 Eldon 351 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 28th Infantry Killed in Action 11/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/7/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1054  3475 Grave 8, Amer. B/A, Cheveuges, Ardennes Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/1/1919 Cemetery 1203  11355 In:  Grave 133, Section 3, Plot 3, Sedan American Cemetery, Latanne, Ardennes Emergency Address Mrs. Emma Gates, Mother, RFD #1, Patriot, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address 2/12/1919, 1/6/1920 107 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-6629   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Mrs. Emma Gates, (Mother) (Beneficiary)., RFD #1, Gallia, O., F. 115/9/25/20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/6/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/10/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 4/1/1921 to Mrs. Emma Gates, % W. W. Phillips, Und, Gallipolis, Ohio. Received at Destination  on 4/3/1921 by Above

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