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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44943455 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47669571 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 83326 PURVIANCE 3957564 Ernest B. 421 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion Cardiac Dilatation 1/7/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 1/8/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 802  513 Grave 44, Sec. R, Plot 1, Amer. Standard Cty., Coblenz, Germany. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Belle Purviance, Mother, Mrs., Kelley, Mont. Notified Emergency Address 2/26/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5053 Photograph No. J-720   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 3-30-20 F115.   Plat No.:  C-295    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/22/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/28/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/3/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1920 Shipped on 8/3/1920 to Robert C. Mathis, Dubuque, Iowa. Received at Destination  on 8/5/1920 by Above

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