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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44963266 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677585 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29008 SILKER 55272 Wyatt E. 287 Rank North Dakota Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company M, 26th Infantry Killed in Action 10/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/3/1918 Cited in G. O. 1, 1st Div. 1-1-20 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 981  2474 Grave 16, Amer. B/A Cty. , Very, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/18/1919 Cemetery 1232  10569 In:  Grave 164, Section 24, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. John U. Silker, Mother, Marmon, North Dakota., Single Sailed June 4, 1930 - America No rec. of wife. Notified Emergency Address 2/1/1919, Renot 4/21/1919, 1/21/1920 107 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-35565   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv.rpt. Wyatt E. - SN 555272 EA changed by Auth. let. Requesting return of body. Father- J.U. Silker-Same address., F-115 - 3-29-21 173- Sec. 24   Plat No.:  A-243    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  31 Row:   23 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  31017 Reburied (date):  1/21/1922 E/A notified (date):  6/23/1923

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