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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44958141 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47674996 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 1222 SCHAFFER 127207 George H. 82- Auth A. G. O. Rank New York Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Battery A, 7th Field Artillery Self inflicted pistol wound 3/23/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 3/24/1918 Grave No. 173, Cty., French Mil., at, Mandres, France. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 72  2624 Grave 173, Row 2, Amer. Extension Cty., Mandres aux Quatre, Tours, Quatre, M-et-M Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/14/1919 Cemetery 1233  11178 In:  Grave 45, Section 20, Plot 1, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Martha Holmes, (Mother), Moravia, New York., (over) Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /12/19720 RB Rtd R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-18833   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Died at Raulecourt, Meurthe et Moselle, France., NR #8 3-1-19., F115 - 2/4/21 - 3284   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  St. Mihiel American Cemetery Grave:  8 Row:   16 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  31760 Reburied (date):  8/18/1922 E/A notified (date):  3/22/1924 Other notations:  Later E/A, RFD #4, Moravia, N.Y., Mrs. Martha Bowker (Mother) ABMC Record:  View on ABMC website

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