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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44870430 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47643396 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 54818 HAMILTON 116341 William Walter 318 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Gunnery Sergeant 49th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 11/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 688  3013 Grave 17, Amer. B/A Cty., Landres-et-St. George, Ardennes Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/2/1919 Cemetery 1232  10740 In:  Grave 135, Section 6, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address William J. Hamilton (Father), So. Road - Bedford, Mass. Notified Emergency Address 12/31/1918, Form 107: 1/27/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-2710   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 3/18/21 73 - Sec 6   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/14/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/12/1921 to Arthur A. Marshall, 488 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, Mass. Received at Destination by Above Emergency address notified on 12/8/1921

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