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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44906015 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47645030 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 88363 MCELROY 92431 James 436 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Machine Gun Company, 166th Infantry Broncho Pneumonia 1/24/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 1/25/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 802  516 Grave 111, Section "R", Plot #3, American Standard Cty., Coblenze, Germany. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Caroline McElroy, (Mother), 616 N. Johnson St. Ada, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address 2/26/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5053 Photograph No. J-457   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: 3/30/20 F-115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/15/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/22/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 7/3/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 7/21/1920 Shipped on 8/4/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 8/5/1920 by Charles W. Porter P. C. Cem. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  85 Section:    Authority File No. D:  88363 Reburied (date):  8/10/1920

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