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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44545399 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47608057 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 3200 BATES 269516 Gordon W. 157 Rank Michigan Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 1st Brigade Machine Gun Battalion Died of Wounds Received in Action 5/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 5/29/1918 Award - Cited in GO 1, 1st Div. Jan. 1, 1920 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 170  2492 Grave #115, Amer. Cty., Bonvillers, Oise. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  12/29/1920 Cemetery 170  30184 In:  Grave 38, Plot A, American Cemetery, Bonvillers, Oise Emergency Address Mrs Blanche Bates, Hanes (Mother), Shelby, Mich. 319 State St., Notified Emergency Address 6/17/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Burial Case File:  View on NARA website   Download PDF Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery Grave:  6 Row:   22 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  70234 E/A notified (date):  3/19/1927 Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  636 - Somme American Cemetery Grave:  7 Row:   22 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  61040 Reburied (date):  10/21/1922

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