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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44954150 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47672646 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 68126 ROPER 4608061 William August 367 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 49th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 11/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune C-498  11/6/1918 Grave #7, RBSK 1718, Cemetery, Cmme Bayonville et Cheuney, Ardennes, 35 NE  E303.30, N294.65 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/23/1919 Cemetery 1232  12095 In:  Grave 71, Section 108, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Olivia Carlson (Sister), Little Wood, La. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/13/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-22967   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F-115 - 4-30-21 Sec 108 - 159   Plat No.:  D-8    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/22/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/21/1921 to Mrs. Oliva M. Carlson, 3135 St. Claude St., New Orleans, La., Received at Destination  on 9/24/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/4/1922

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