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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44963648 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677831 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 48973 SIMS 3682458 Avil 306 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Headquarters Company, 804th Pio. Infantry Broncho Pneumonia & Pericarditis 10/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/29/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 10  2418 Grave 263, Plot F, American Cty., Chaumont, Hte-Marne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Avil Simms sr., (Father), 1908 A. Goode Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Notified Emergency Address 12/22/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-20447   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 4-10-20 F #115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/5/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/8/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 4/26/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #41 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/9/1921 to National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. Received at Destination  on 6/11/1921 by Eligh Woodrone Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri Grave:  7506-A Section:    Reburied (date):  6/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  12/7/1921

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