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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44960889 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47676279 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 3054 SELLERS 105311 Edgar W. 153 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 1st Brigade Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 6/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 6/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 176  2634 Grave 143, Plot E, Amer. Cty., Villers Tournelle, Somme Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/16/1919 Cemetery 176  12444 In:  Grave 129, Section C, American Cemetery, Villers-Tournelle, Somme Emergency Address Mrs. A L. Sellers (Mother), Elkotn, Va. Notified Emergency Address 10/26/1918, Form 107: 1/9/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5331 Photograph No. B-14264   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/24/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/28/1921 to W.V. Sellers, Elkton, Va. Received at Destination  on 3/29/1921 by Above

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