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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44952229 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47671696 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 43183 RITSCHEL 2704754 Gus J. 300 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company D, 313th Engineer Pneumonia 10/13/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/14/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 526  1703 Grave 32, French Mil. Cty., Trabach-le-Haut, Alsace. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Rose Yawnick, Mother, Montrose, Minn. Notified Emergency Address 12/3/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-45481   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. reported Gus J. Ritschell, F115 10-9-20   Plat No.:  A-424    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/4/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 4/30/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 5/31/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. Received at Destination  on 6/1/1921 by Mortin D. Loy, 1st Lt. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  1648 Section:   European Reburied (date):  6/3/1921 E/A notified (date):  4/28/1922

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