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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44958386 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47675107 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 12312 SCHERER 194531 John M. 236 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company A, 506th Engineers, Service Battalion Syphlis 8/20/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/21/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 25  801 Grave 114, Section B., American Cemetery, Talence Gironde. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mary Scherer (Mother), 1814 Sidney St., S.S. Pittsburg, Pa. Notified Emergency Address 10/26/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. K-734   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board   Yes   Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 4/20/20 F-115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 9/16/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Bordeaux on 9/16/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/5/1920 aboard the Pocahontas Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/18/1920 Shipped on 11/10/1920 to Jacob Sherer, 2318 Carson St., Pittsburg, Pa. Received at Destination  on 11/11/1920 by Above

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