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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44931783 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47663308 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 22284 NIXON 2176967 Willis G. 268 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company I, 353rd Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/14/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 823  2311 Grave 23, American Cty., B.A Minorville, (M-et-M) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/17/1919 Cemetery 1233  10479 In:  Grave 62, Section 5, Plot 2, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Barbara E. Nixon (Mother), G.D. Medicine Lodge, Kansas, Beneficiary Notified Emergency Address 1/23/1919, Form 107: 11/20/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-15894   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 2/1/21 2759   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/14/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/11/1921 to National Cty., Arlington, Va., Arlington, Va., Received at Destination  on 8/12/1921 by Asa Irwin, Capt. Q.M.C., Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  2682 Section:    Reburied (date):  8/18/1921

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