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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44979704 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47447367 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 11689 WIMS 55387 David R. 259 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 26th Infantry Pneumonia 7/18/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 34  654 Grave 19, Amer. Cty of Suresnes, Paris, Seine Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Bessie Boyd (Sister), Bessemer, Ala. Notified Emergency Address 11/1/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. A-2451   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F115 12/27/20 959   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/9/1921 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 9/21/1921 to Mrs. Bessie Lee Boyd, Birmingham, Ala. R. #6, Box 105 Received at Destination  on 9/23/1921 by Above

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