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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44557623 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47622370 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 49542 CRONKITE 2050902 Walter B. 308 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 7th Infantry Killed in Action 10/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 778  3040 Grave #28, Sec. B., Row 2., Amer. B/A, Cunel, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/19/1919 Cemetery 1232  11038 In:  Grave 176, Section 3, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address George W. Cronkite (Father), RFD #7, Kalamazoo, Michigan., (Father) Notified Emergency Address 2/28/1919, Form 107: 1/22/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-4627   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 3/12/21 41 - Sec 3.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/9/1921 to Mr. George W. Cronkite, Kalamazoo, Mich. Received at Destination  on 8/11/1921 by Dayton S. Field.

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