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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44855935 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47637799 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 31906 GLIFFE 3231908 William E. 289 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 350 Infantry Pneumonia 10/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/8/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 758  1363 Grave #31, Amer. Cty., Hericourt, Hte. Saone. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Caroline Gliffe, (Mother), 1527 School St., Chicago, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 2/1/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-40122   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 10-26-21   Plat No.:  A-440    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/29/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 1/30/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/30/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 5/24/1921 to A. Murlhoefer & Son, Und., Chicago, Ill. Received at Destination  on 5/26/1921 by Above

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