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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44879733 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47647423 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 27499 HELFER 2338836 Howard 282 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company F, 4th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/7/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 687  2976 Grave 41, Plot B, American Cty., Souhesme la Grande, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Edna Helfer (Mother), RD #6, Naples, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address 1/25/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-2053   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Plat No.:  D-216    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/6/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/23/1921 to Mr. John Helfer, 206 Chapin St., Canandaigua, N. Y. Received at Destination  on 7/24/1921 by Above

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