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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44942010 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47668918 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 110467 POWELKA 2158691 Gilbert J. 281 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 119th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/1/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 671  1069 Grave #24, Plot A, Row 1, Old Hickory #1, Mil. Cty., Hargicourt, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/4/1919 Cemetery 636  11205 In:  Grave 183, Row 8, Plot B, American Cemetery, Flanders Field, Bony, Aisne Emergency Address Joe P. Powelka, (Father), Oxford Junction, Ia. Notified Emergency Address 5/20/1919, Form 107: /1/19620 R.B. Sketch No. 5230 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: prev. rept. as PWELKA, 2163348, corrected on Auth. of Form 8-W EY., Form 8 sent 4-8-19 for pres. stat. Name and Ser. #. prev. rept. as PWELKA, 2163348, corrected on Auth. of Form 8-W EY., Name and Ser. # prev. rept. as PWELKA, 2163348, corrected on Auth. of Form 8-W   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/29/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/28/1921 to Joe P. Powelka, Oxford Jct, Iowa. Received at Destination  on 3/31/1921 by Above

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