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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44977357 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47445852 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 88027 WHEELER 3485645 Leroy H. 482 SP 49 526 SP 168 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company K, 23rd Infantry Killed in Action 11/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/5/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 862  2884 Grave 4, American B/A Cty., Beaumont (Ardennes). Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  3/7/1919 Cemetery 1203  11377 In:  Grave 41, Section 3, Plot 2, Sedan American Cemetery, Latanne, Ardennes Emergency Address Mrs. Thirza T. Wheeler (Mother), Rt. #1, Deerfield, Ill. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 4/23/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-3548   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: #8 sent for NR 4/15/19 Form 8 W. sent Jan 5, 1920., F115/ 9/28/20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/18/1921 to Mrs Thirza T. Wheeler, Lake Forest, Ill. Received at Destination  on 10/20/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 11/1/1922

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