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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44893997 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47634291 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 13492 KOOISTRA 1379889 Sam 251 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Headquarters Company 129th Infantry Killed in Action 8/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 400  4730 Grave 4, Amer. Plot A, Austral Milit. Cty., Blangy-Tronville, Somme Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/26/1919 Cemetery 443  11197 In:  Grave 6, Row B, Plot 2, American Cemetery, Vaux-sur-Somme, Somme Emergency Address Andrew Kooistra (Father), 325 W. 104 Place, Chicago, Ill Notified Emergency Address 4/28/1919 Rtd, Renotified 6/10/1919, Form 107: 12/8/1919, Form 107: 4/9/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5622 Photograph No. B-14518   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Prev. rep. 129th Trench Mortar Baty. CD-DWRIA, DD 7/31/18 EA Grace Kovima (Friend) 11438 S. Halstead St., Chicago, Ill. 2nd Address. Mrs. Josephine Adams (Mother) RFD. 2 Marshall, Mich. Cor. by AGO let. 4/6/20 Note this address is in error does not belilng to this man, above.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/15/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 10/22/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/14/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 12/28/1920 to Andrew Kooistra, Chicago, Ill. Received at Destination  on 12/30/1920 by Above

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