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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44962624 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677191 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 21453 SHIFFER 2966941 Claude E. 263 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company K, 146th Infantry Suicide 9/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/11/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 453  1649 Grave 17, Amer. Cty., Gelacourt, M-et-M Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. John Shiffer (Father), RFD #2, Hershey, Pa. Notified Emergency Address 12/30/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-39715   Grave Marker Name Peg   Yes   Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle   Yes   Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv.rpt.- SN:2965941, F115 - 10-29-20 54   Plat No.:  A-418    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/11/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/7/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/3/1921 to Mr. John S. Shiffer, R#2, Hershey, Pa. Received at Destination  on 6/3/1921 by Ray E. Arnold Emergency address notified on 1/23/1922

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