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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44853655 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47636913 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 65002 GIES 1750075 Walter E. 348 Rank New York Organization 78th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant G, 311th Infantry Killed in Action 11/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-248  8830 Grave 5, Isolated, Cmme. of Grandpre, Ardennes, 35NW E291.5 N288.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/6/1919 Cemetery 1232  11009 In:  Grave 185, Section 39, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Matilda Gies, Mother, 200 Audubon Drive, Snyder, N.Y., Single Sailed June 21, 1930 - President Roosevelt Notified Emergency Address 2/1/1919, 2/20/1920 107 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-21944   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Edward Gies (father) 354 East St. Buffalo, N.Y., F115-4-6-21(S-70) Sec 39   Plat No.:  B-59    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  4 Row:   21 Block:   E Authority File No. D:  30681 Reburied (date):  12/15/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/12/1922 Other notations:  (Special letter)

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