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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44854180 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47637115 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29774 GILKEY 1737652 Elmer 287 Rank New York Organization 37th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company L, 148th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/11/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 901  3020 Grave #16, Amer. B/A Cty., Cierges, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 1232  10307 In:  Grave 8, Section 30, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. James E. Gilkey, (Father), Clyde, N.Y., Mother Dead Single Stepmother - Mrs. James E. Gilkey, 51 Waterloo St., Clyde, N.Y. - Sailed June 25, 1930 Republic Notified Emergency Address 1/27/1919, 116 20 Form 107: R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-37227   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F 115 - 4/2/21 67 - Sec 30   Plat No.:  A-318    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  38 Row:   16 Block:   G Authority File No. D:  31065 Reburied (date):  12/23/1921 E/A notified (date):  6/29/1923

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