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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44914204 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47652038 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 42398 MENSCHING 1380714 Ernest 299 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 129 Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/17/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 542  1432 Grave no. 47, Amer. Plot,French Military, Cty.,Bar-le-Duc, (Meuse) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Amanda Senne. (Sister), Desplaines. 111., Desplaines. Ill. Notified Emergency Address 12/27/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-24772   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F115 1/10/21 39   Plat No.:  D-233    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/23/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/6/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/26/1921 to Mrs. Amanda Seene, 674 Desplaines Ave., Des Plaines, Ill. Received at Destination  on 7/29/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 5/9/1922

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