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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44934411 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47665425 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 110695 OPALKA 6427921 Joseph J. Y-78-1 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Q.M. Depot Det Quartermaster Corps QM Sub Dept Bendorf, Germany Pyemia following Fracture. 12/15/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 802  40021 Grave #181, Section F, Plot #4, American Standard Cemetery, Coblenz, Germany. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Susan Opalka, Mother,, 419 S. 2nd St., Duquesne, Pa. Notified Emergency Address Body being returned no letter sent R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/12/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/19/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/3/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1920 Shipped on 8/6/1920 to Susie Opalka, 103 Camp Ave., Duquesne, Pa. Received at Destination  on 8/7/1920 by Hubert Maloy, F. D. For family

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