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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44963690 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677857 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 50480 SIMS 1821307 William M. 309 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company E, 318th Infantry Broncho Pneumonia 10/24/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/26/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 6  1400 Grave 318, Amer. Cty., Bazoilles-sur-Meuse, Vosges Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  2/9/1921 Cemetery 6  30252 In:  Grave 265, American Cemetery, Bazoilles, Vosges Emergency Address William B. Sims (Father), Standardsville, Va. Notified Emergency Address 12/23/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-1015   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle   Yes   Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 10-15-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 9/23/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 11/2/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 11/26/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #55 on 12/7/1921 Shipped on 12/14/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. Received at Destination  on 12/16/1921 by Charles Stalsburg, Capt. QMC. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3960 Section:   European Reburied (date):  12/22/1921 E/A notified (date):  10/2/1922

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