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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44971473 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47442907 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 54220 VANDAM 2019572 William 315 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company M, 16th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/10/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 977  3787 Grave 106, Plot C, (Amer B/A) Cheppy (Meuse) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/2/1919 Cemetery 1232  10856 In:  Grave 199, Section 5, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address John Vandam, (Father), RFD # 8, Grand Rapids, Mich Notified Emergency Address 12/31/1918, Form 107: 1/23/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-2694   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F115 3-16-21 197   Plat No.:  A-76    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/24/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/26/1921 to John Van Dam, Grandville, Mich. Received at Destination  on 7/28/1921 by Above

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