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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44963438 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677696 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 99744 SIMMONS 2882296 William 470 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 367th Infantry Peritonitis following Gunshot Wound 2/26/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 2/28/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 531  20226 Grave 8, row 4, Plot 1, Amer. Cty., Lambezellec, Finistere Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Ben Simmons, brother, 121 Elizabeth St., Charleston, S.C., also given as: 305 West 68th St., New York City, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 3/24/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. L-6463   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/27/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Brest on 5/27/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/6/1920 aboard the Mercury Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/30/1920 Shipped on 8/5/1920 to Benjamin Simons, 21 Elizabeth St., Charleston, S.C. Received at Destination  on 8/8/1920 by Mark of Above.

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