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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44930697 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47662169 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 50226 NELSON 2787777 Walter C. 309 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company F, 128th Infantry Killed in Action 10/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-270  7841 Grave #4, Isolated grave., Cmme. Gesnes, Meuse., 35 NE E304.1 N282.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/12/1919 Cemetery 1232  12266 In:  Grave 166, Section 52, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address William Nelson, (Brother), Marshall, Minn. Notified Emergency Address 6/3/1919, Form 107: 2/24/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-31705   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/16/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/12/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 9/13/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  2811 Section:   European Reburied (date):  9/15/1921 E/A notified (date):  12/212/21

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