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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44892780 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47632822 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 102723 KIRBY 3181397 William J. 508 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 2nd Pioneer Infantry Gunshot Wound per-forating part of left chest. 3/10/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 3/10/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 14  10148 Grave # 210, Enlisted Plot, Amer. Section, French Civilian "Des Pe Joces" Cty., Dijon, Cote D'or. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Catherine Kirby, (Mother), 173 Lancaster St., Albany, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address 5/15/1919, Renot: 1/6/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-19906   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 5-1-20 F-115, 5-1-20 F-115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/16/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Bordeaux on 3/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 5/28/1921 to Mr. William J. Kirby, 139 Lancaster St., Albany, NY Received at Destination  on 5/26/1921 by Above

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