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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44940424 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47668168 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 32399 PIERCE 2783144 William 273 Rank California Organization 91st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company A, 316th Engineers Killed in Action 9/27/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-225  6395 Grave , Isolated, Cmme. Very, Meuse, 35 S.E. E306 N276   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/18/1919 Cemetery 1232  11003 In:  Grave 45, Section 23, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. William Pierce, (Father), G. D. Millville, Calif., (Beneficiary) Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 3/4/1919, Form 36: 5/29/1919, Form 107: 1/22/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-36669   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv.rpt.- Pvt. 1/c, F115 - 3-28-21 (S155) Sec 23   Plat No.:  A-243    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  21 Row:   20 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  31009 Reburied (date):  1/13/1922 E/A notified (date):  6/20/1923

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