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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44853042 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47636664 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29769 GETZLAFF 1526838 William Fred 287 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company K, 147th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/3/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1281  2882 Grave #46, Plot #4, Amer. B/ A, Cierges, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/13/1919 Cemetery 1232  10594 In:  Grave 11, Section 44, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Adolph Getzlaff, (Mother), 3113 East 68th St. Cleveland, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 2619, 18 4/24/1919, Form 107: 1/21/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-26283   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Pr. rept. William F., F115 - 4/13/21 64 - Sec 44   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/28/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/3/1921 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 Fred Claus, 7067 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio Received at Destination  on 9/2/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/16/1921

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