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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44971747 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47443016 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 17171 VAN HORSSEN 281342 William H. 253 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company L, 126th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/3/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/5/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 34  663 Grave #271, American Cemetery of Suresnes, Paris, Seine Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. William Hendrick Van Horssen (Father), 430 Slayton St., Grand Haven, Mich. Notified Emergency Address 5/16/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. A-2251   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Pr. rept. William. - VAN HORRSEN, Form #8 sent out 3/3/19, 12/27/20 -904   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/15/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/30/1921 to John J. Boer & Son, Grand Haven, Mich. Received at Destination  on 9/2/1921 by Above

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