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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44939350 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47667674 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 95958 PETERSON 1096429 Nelson J. 462 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Battery B, 18th Field Artillery Broncho Pneumonia 2/18/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 1120  2/20/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1120  734 Grave 29, American Plot, City Cty., Bad Neuenahr, Germany. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. Arthur I. Peterson (Brother), Anderson, California. Notified Emergency Address 3/21/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5063 Photograph No. J-1025   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. reported Pvt.   Plat No.:  C-289    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/6/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/10/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/18/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/5/1920 Shipped on 9/18/1920 to (Depot Officer) James J. Peterson., San Francisco, Calif. Redding, Calif. Received at Destination  on 9/24/1920 by A.L. Peterson

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