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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44832732 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47626527 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 2549 ELLIS 285123 Richard 140 Rank Wisconsin Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company D, 28th Infantry Killed in Action 5/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Reburied 1/10/1919 AWARD: Cited GO 1, 1st Div., ,Jan. 1, 1920 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 176  2628 Grave #17, Plot E, Amer. Villers Tournelle, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 176, 176  In:  Emergency Address Fred Ellis, (Father), 1300 Sharon St. Janesville, Wis., Over Single Mrs. Tina Ellis, (Mother), 409 Holmes St., Janesville, Wis. - Sailed May 14/30- President Harding Notified Emergency Address 4/24/1919, Form 107: 1/8/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5331 Photograph No. B-14332   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Form #12 sent 2/15/19   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery Grave:  12 Row:   17 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  70254 E/A notified (date):  1/26/1927 Other notations:  Permanent marker to show name as Richard W. Mrs. Fred Ellis (Mother), 318 S. Main St., Janesville, Wisconsin. Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  636 - Somme American Cemetery Grave:  13 Row:   17 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  61242 Reburied (date):  10/12/1922

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