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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44881978 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47650028 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 19997 HIRZ 542500 John M. 261 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company I, 7th Infantry Killed in Action 7/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 7/22/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 715  9414 Grave #55, ,Amer. B/A Cty.,Fossoy, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/8/1919 Cemetery 608  11731 In:  Grave 51, Section G, Plot 1, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Joseph J. Hirz, (Father), 135 Ryerson Ave., Paterson, N.J., (Beneficiary) Notified Emergency Address 2/10/1919, Form 107: 12/29/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5793 Photograph No. F-22372   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 8-W-A sent 2/18/21 for correct EA., F 115 - 12/9/20 - 1444   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/13/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #47 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/26/1921 to Undertaker Frommelt, Paterson, N.J. Received at Destination  on 7/26/1921 by Herman E. Frommelt. Emergency address notified on 5/13/1922

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