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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44961892 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47676743 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 82941 SHAY 1239693 Walter L. 535 SP 5 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company B, 110th Infantry Killed in Action 9/27/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/29/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 848  3756 Grave 14, Amer. B/A Cty., Montblainville., Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/29/1919 Cemetery 1232  10530 In:  Grave 155, Section 33, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Laura M. Shay, (Mother), Knox, Pa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 4/27/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-21675   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 sent 6-11-19. for present status. Rank prev. rept. as Private. Form 8-W sent 11-7-19 for E/A., F115, Sec. 33, 4-5-21 168   Plat No.:  A-173    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/30/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/3/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/15/1921 to Mrs. Laura M. Shay, Box 72, Knox, Clairon, Pa. Received at Destination  on 9/17/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/13/1921

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