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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44914574 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47652358 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 30182 MESSER 1862856 William H. 285 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Battery C, 317th Field Artillery Purpura Hemorrhagica 10/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/8/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 38  1382 Grave #133, American Cemetery, Le Valdahon, Doubs Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Thomas Henderson, (Uncle), RFD #1, Hartford, Tenn. Notified Emergency Address 12/25/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-40635   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Plat No.:  A-436    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/24/1922 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 3/30/1922 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/8/1922 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #61 on 4/21/1922 Shipped on 5/18/1922 to Mrs. Sarah Groomes, Hartford, Tenn. Received at Destination  on 5/22/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 7/18/1922

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