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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44963620 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677814 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 71048 SIMPSON 1244718 Richard 383 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company G, 111th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/29/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 589  2982 Grave 27, Plot 1, Sec. E, Amer. Cty. , St. Menehould, Marne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Hannah Simpson (Mother), #2208 Cronemeyer Ave., Mc Keesport, Pa. Notified Emergency Address 1/20/1919, Renotified 3/13/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-9422   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Renotification due to error in coding, Previously reported in cty 659, prev. rptd Pvt., F115 - 1/12/21 - 172   Plat No.:  D-221    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/7/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #47 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/3/1921 to Mrs. Hannah Simpson, 2208 Cronemeyer Ave., McKeesport, Pa. Received at Destination  on 8/15/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/25/1922

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