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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44957744 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47674802 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 45746 SAWELSON 1752909 William 305 Rank New Jersey Organization 78th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Supply Sergeant Company M, 312th Infantry Killed in Action 10/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/27/1918 Awarded Italian Croca di Guerra (War Cross) & Congressional Medal of Honor Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-248  8855 Isolated Grave #2, Cmme. Grand Pre, Ardennes, 35 NW. E292 N287.2   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/2/1919 Cemetery 1232  10965 In:  Grave 146, Section 15, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Jacob Sawelson (Father), 315 N. Fifth St., Harrison, N.J. Notified Emergency Address Form 21a: 2/16/1919, Form 36: ) 4/8/1919, Form 107: 1/28/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-35827   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board   Yes   Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 3-23-21 167 - Sec 15   Plat No.:  B-50    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  33 Row:   9 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  30965 Reburied (date):  2/28/1922 E/A notified (date):  6/7/1923

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