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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44958395 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47675111 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 45765 SCHERER 1415033 William A. 304 Rank Iowa Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Headquarters Company 26th Infantry Killed in Action 10/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/1/1918 AWARD - Cited in G.O. #1, 1st Div., 1/1/20. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 981  2474 Grave 12,Amer.B/A Cty., Ver, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/18/1919 Cemetery 1232  10569 In:  Grave 167, Section 24, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Nicholas Scherer (Father), 806 Wades St., Burlington, Ia. Notified Emergency Address 1/29/1919, Form 107: 1/21/1920, Form 107: 4/13/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-35562   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F-115-3-29-21 167 - Sec. 24   Plat No.:  A-243    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  19 Row:   8 Block:   E Authority File No. D:  31022 Reburied (date):  1/21/1922 E/A notified (date):  6/21/1923

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