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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44976392 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47445344 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 34831 WELCH John J. 291 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant Company E, 108th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 645  20716 Grave #4; Plot #1; Row B; St. Emilie British Amer. Mil. Cty., of Villers, Faucon, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/14/1921 Cemetery 645  30120 In:  Grave 3, Row B, Plot 1, St. Emilie British American Cemetery, Villers Faucon, Somme Emergency Address Miss Jane C. Welch, (Sister), 301 Portage Road, Niagara Falls, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 12/19/1918, Form 107: , 7131920 R.B. Sketch No. 5086 Photograph No. B-13230 B-1066   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/26/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 10/31/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/26/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #55 on 12/7/1921 Shipped on 12/10/1921 to Edward Welch, Niagara Falls, New York Received at Destination  on 12/9/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 2/15/1922

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