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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44956383 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47674169 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 7624 RYKUS 549282 William 213 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Machine Gun Company, 38th Infantry Killed in Action 7/23/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 7/25/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 94  2115 Grave 9, Plot A, Amer. Cty., Contrexeville, Vosges Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Mollie Rykus, Mother, 2062 Bergen St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address 10/25/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-30229   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 10/19/20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/15/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/14/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 5/23/1921 to Asher Rykus, 2062 Bergen St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 5/23/1921 by above, per Benj. Rykus.

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