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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44914314 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47652140 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 40270 MERK 1201220 William 298 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 102nd Engineer Killed in Action 9/27/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/4/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 641  759 Grave #14, Plot B, Row 3, Guillmont Farm Mil. Cty., Bony, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 636  11219 In:  Grave 136, Row 6, Plot H, American Cemetery, Flanders Field, Bony, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Annie Merk, (Mother), 2160 Prospect Ave., New York City. Notified Emergency Address 1/3/1919, Form 107: 12/4/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5122 Photograph No. B-12342   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8 for new address 3-5-19.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/20/1921 to Mrs. Anna Merk, 2160 Prospect Ave., Bronx, N. Y. Received at Destination  on 7/20/1921 by Above

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