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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44900051 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47641503 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 56103 LONG 87941 Ellis William 337 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 79th Company, 6th Marines Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/16/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 543  2322 Grave #7, French Communal Cty., Thiaucourt, M-et-M Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/19/1919 Cemetery 1233  10462 In:  Grave 120, Section 4, Plot 3, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mr. Andrew F. Long, (Father), Loraine, Ill. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 5/14/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-15744   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv.rpt - Ellis W. - Co. F. 6th Marines 79th Co., F-8 3-1-19 F-8-w sent 11-24-19 for e/a, F115 1/29/21   Plat No.:  C-78    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/14/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/23/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/6/1921 Shipped on 6/20/1921 to Andrew F. Long, West Point, Ill. Received at Destination  on 6/23/1921 by Above

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