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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44943471 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47669579 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 47218 PURVIS 1045179 Willie 304 Rank Kentucky Organization 5th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Battery A, 20th Field Artillery Killed by explosion of fuse. 10/24/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/25/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1454  4007 Grave , French Mil. Cty., Fey-en-Haye, Meurthe-et-Moselle. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1233  10415 In:  Grave 147, Section 14, Plot 3, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mr. Alfred Purvis (Father), RFD #1, Box 11, Crestwood, KY., PERMANENT AMER.CTY.INTERNMENT See Reverse Side of Card Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 2/10/1919, Form 36: 5/26/1919, Form 107: 12/2/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-17795   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Pr. rept. Bty. 20th F.A., F115 - 2/2/21 3028, SDCR #769   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  St. Mihiel American Cemetery Grave:  4 Row:   8 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  31720 Reburied (date):  7/25/1922 E/A notified (date):  3/10/1924 ABMC Record:  View on ABMC website

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