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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44858555 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47638863 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 44846 GORTZ 2432328 Bert D. 305 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 308th BatteryTrainArtillery Killed in Action 10/23/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 836  3004 Grave 4, (Amer. B/A) Consenvoye, (Meuse). Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 1232  10951 In:  Grave 113, Section 82, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Lillian Gortz, (Wife), 4427 Gamma Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address 2/2/1919, Form 107: 3/1/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-33093   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board   Yes   Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 4-30-21 S 57-sec 82   Plat No.:  B-325    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/22/1922 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 3/30/1922 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 4/8/1922 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #61 on 4/21/1922 Shipped on 5/3/1922 to Mrs. Lillian Gortz, 7016 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Received at Destination  on 5/5/1922 by Above. & F. Gortz

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