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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44972341 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47681364 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 14541 STRAUS 1703032 Nelson 260 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company K, 306th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 8/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/16/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 412  9565 Grave #90, Amer. B/A Cty., Villers sur Fere, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 608  11805 In:  Grave 129, Section K, Plot 3, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Ellen Straus, (Mother), 254 W. 112th St., New York City. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /1/19220, 11/4/1918 R.B. Sketch No. 5830 Photograph No. F-16908   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board   Yes   Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 8-WA sent 7-31-20 for pres. stat., F #115 - 12-17-20 (S-3124)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/3/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/16/1921 to Sam Rothschild, Undertaker, 208 Lenox Ave., New York City. Received at Destination  on 7/16/1921 by Above

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