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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44892664 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47632678 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 34993 KNIKEL 1707801 Walter J. 291 Rank New York Organization 77th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company B, 308th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/29/1918 Awarded - Silver Star, cited G.O. 32 Hqrs. 79 Div., 4-17-18 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 589  2982 Grave 22 (Auth 16a-Cone )-3/30/22, Sec. E, Plot 1, Amer. Cty., St. Menehould, Marne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address John C. Kinkel, Father, 198 Prospect Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., Mother Dead Single Stepmother - Mrs. Margaret B. Kinkel, 198 Prospect Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. - Sailed June 21, 1930 - President Roosevelt Notified Emergency Address 12/9/1918, Renotified 5/3/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-9393   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 1/12/21 95   Plat No.:  D-221    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  17 Row:   3 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  60252 Reburied (date):  10/26/1921 E/A notified (date):  7/25/1922

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