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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44980195 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47447678 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 1731 WITTSTEIN 120531 Eli 108 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, (Formerly 74th), 6th Marines Died of Wounds Received in Action 4/21/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 4/21/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 142  3563 Grave 21, Amer. Cty., Rambluzin, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/20/1919 Cemetery 1232  12413 In:  Grave 201, Section 104, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Isaac Wittstein (Father), 1028 Weslet Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address 5/5/1918, Form 107: 3/9/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-8990   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115-5-10-21 (S.205) 104   Plat No.:  D-180    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/17/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/6/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/19/1921 to Weil Bros, Undertakers, 1711 Race St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Received at Destination  on 10/21/1921 by Above

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