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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44962116 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47676962 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 48957 SHELDON 726146 William R. 306 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Battery E, 75th Coast Artillery Corps Broncho Pneumonia 10/16/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/18/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 531  3273 Grave 30, Row 2, Plot 1, Amer. Cty., Lambezellec, Finistere Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/15/1919 Cemetery 531  10194 In:  Grave 16, Row 2, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Lambézellec, Finistère Emergency Address Mrs. H. H. Sheldon (Mother), 613 N. Ardale St., Youngstown, Ohio., Beneficiary Notified Emergency Address 12/31/1918, Form 107: Dec 31, 1919 R.B. Sketch No. 2337 Photograph No. L-6420   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: also rptd. Mrs Alice Mary Sheldon ( Mother), 3/11/20- F 115.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/13/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 11/17/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/4/1921 aboard the St. Mihiel Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #56 on 12/16/1921 Shipped on 1/14/1922 to Johnson & Saum, Und., 1408-4th St., San Diego, Cal. Received at Destination  on 1/20/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 3/8/1922

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