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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44854508 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47637246 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 67247 GILLESPIE 43221 William L. 363 Rank Indiana Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company G, 16th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/7/1918 AWARDED - Fr. Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, D.S.C. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 64  3182 Grave #3, Plot A, Row #3, French Mil. Cty., Fleury-sur-Aire, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/20/1919 Cemetery 1232  12196 In:  Grave 170, Section 101, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Wm. R. Gillespie (father), 632 Harrison St., Fort Wayne, Ind. Notified Emergency Address 5/1/1919, F; Form 107: 3/29/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-24171   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 5/10/21 Sheet 64   Plat No.:  D-209    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  6 Row:   36 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  31473 Reburied (date):  10/22/1921 E/A notified (date):  10/15/1923

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