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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44980144 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47447643 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 20586 WITSIL 1252768 Earl C. 266 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company Battery F, 108th Field Artillery Killed in Action 9/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Reburied 10/18/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 617  20615 9781 Grave 4, Plot 1, Sec. F., Amer. B/A Cty., Fismes, Marne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. J. B. Witsil (Mother), 339 North Wilton St., Phil, Pa. Notified Emergency Address 4/26/1919, 6/17/1920 (Cor) R.B. Sketch No. 5921 Photograph No. F-12098   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 sent 3-15-19, F#115- 12-3-20 (S-1473)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/7/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/26/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/7/1921 to Wesley Kerr, Undertaker, N.W. 21st & Diamond Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Received at Destination  on 6/8/1921 by Above

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