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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44976541 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47445430 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 1016 WELLS 94324 Francis G. 79 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company G, 166th Infantry Meningitis 3/24/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 3/25/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 94  2115 Grave 1, Plot A, Amer. Cty., Contrexeville, Vosges Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. Sheriman Wells, Father,, 329 East Third St., Lima, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address 3/29/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D 3221   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 10-19-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/15/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/14/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/1/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/2/1921 to Sherman Wells 123 Findlay St., Lima, Ohio Received at Destination  on 6/4/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/16/1922

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