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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44912726 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47650740 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 1273 MATHISON 283298 Melvin 86 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company A, 128th Infantry Diptheria 3/31/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 4/1/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 14  3298 Grave 354, Amer. Plot, French Civil Cty., Des Pejoces, Dijon, Cote D'or Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Caroline Mathison (Mother), Wittenberg, Wis. Notified Emergency Address 4/9/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-5117   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/18/1921 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 6/1/1921 to Peter Mathison, Wittenberg, Wisc. Received at Destination  on 6/3/1921 by Above

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