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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44961332 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47676489 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 56640 SHAFFER 1522516 Joseph 323 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company K, 146th Infantry Killed in Action 11/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1651  8539 Grave 14, Amer. B/A, Olsene, East Flanders, Belgium Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/4/1919 Cemetery 1252  11540 In:  Grave 104, Plot B, American Cemetery, Waereghem, West Flanders Emergency Address Mrs. Zulica Shaffer (Mother), Freedom, Pa. Notified Emergency Address 5/16/1919, Re Notified 6/5/1919, Nov 26, 1919 # Form 107: R.B. Sketch No. 5415 Photograph No. B-10290   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Re-Notification due to error in coding. Previously reported Cty. 1262 R.B. Sketch #6175, 3/22/20 F.115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/17/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 3/26/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/22/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/6/1921 Shipped on 5/12/1921 to Mrs. Zulicka M. Shafer, % Hartzell Bros. Undertakers, Freedom, Pa. Received at Destination  on 5/13/1921 by Above

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