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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44832382 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47626260 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 5696 ELKEY 2722248 Lewis R. 202 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company G, 367th Infantry Hemorrhage due to varicose of cardia, stomach 7/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 7/17/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 55  2236 Grave 6, Amer. Cty., Bourbonne-les-Baines, (Haute-Marne) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Luck Elkey, Mother, Bloomfield Ave., Windsor, Conn. Notified Emergency Address 10/26/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-19300   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rptd. 2722242, 4-3-20-F.115.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/2/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/14/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/1/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/3/1921 to Merwin & Leek, Und., Windsor, Conn. Received at Destination  on 6/4/1921 by above, per P. W. S. Leek Emergency address notified on 1/14/1922

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