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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44975509 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47444727 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 38038 WATKINS 227041 Edward M. 297 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 801st Stevedores Regiment Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/11/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/11/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 21  473 Grave 876, Plot L, Square #3, American Cemetery, St. Nazaire, Loire-Inferieure. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Fanny Shorter (Mother), 1007 7th St., N.E. Washington, D.C. Notified Emergency Address 12/4/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. L-876   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: 4-15-20 F 115.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/7/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  St. Nazaire on 7/7/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/24/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 9/5/1920 Shipped on 10/28/1920 to Zone Supply Officer, Washington, D.C. Received at Destination  on 10/29/1920 by H.T. Stancliff. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  137 Section:   European (Colored) Authority File No. D:  38038 Reburied (date):  11/5/1920

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