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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44826614 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47621163 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 44372 DEVITT 2111159 William C. 301 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 116th Infantry Killed in Action 10/8/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-283  4895 Isolated Grave Unknown, Commune Brabant sur Meuse, Meuse., 35 NE E325.62 N279.32   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/9/1919 Cemetery 1232  10296 In:  Grave 134, Section 26, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Devitt, Mother), 1855 Religion St. New Orleans, La. Notified Emergency Address 5/22/1919, Form 107: 1/16/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-35945   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 12, 2/27/19, F115 - 3/30/21 52 - Sec 26   Plat No.:  B-248    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/16/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 11/15/1921 to Mrs. Mary Devitt, 517 Celeste St., New Orleans, La. Received at Destination  on 11/10/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 2/4/1922

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