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Click image for larger view ↻ Rotate Zooniverse Subject # 44943466 Click image for larger view ↻ Rotate Zooniverse Subject # 47669577 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 32505 PURVIS 3772569 Vernon C. 285 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Medical Replacement Unit #41 Broncho Pneumonia 10/8/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/8/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 531  3246 Grave 68, Row 4, Plot H., American Cemetery, Lambezellec, Finistere Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/15/1919 Cemetery 531  11184 In:  Grave 126, American Cemetery, Lambézellec, Finistère, Extension Emergency Address Mrs. Susie F. Purvis (Mother), Cumberland, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address 1/6/1919; Form 107: 12/4/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. L- 5470   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: Previously rpt. Vernon Previously rpt. SN 3773665   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/10/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Brest on 6/11/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/21/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1920 Shipped on 7/29/1920 to Mrs. S. F. Purvis, Cumberland, Iowa. Received at Destination  on 8/2/1920 by Above

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