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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44545808 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47608466 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 59217 BECHTEL 1256797 Richard G. 237 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company D, 109th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 8/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Reburied 10/24/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 617  978,320,617 Grave #65. Plot 2, Sect. F., Amer. B/A Fismes, Mathe. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Esther Bechtel, (Wife), 606 Locust St., Lebanon, Penna. Notified Emergency Address 1/13/1919, Form 107: Form 6/17/1920 Corr R.B. Sketch No. 5921 Photograph No. F-12179   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rept. BECHTEK, E.A. also given, Mrs. Susan Bechtel (Mother) 606 Locust St., Lebanon, Pa., F-115 11-26-20 - 67.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/8/1921 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 6/6/1921 to Mrs. Richard G. Bechtel, 514 Broad St., Lebanon, Pa. Received at Destination  on 6/6/1921 by Above, per Dan J. P. Yenigst.

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