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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44895262 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47635670 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 103865 KURTZ 57883 Walter 520 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company H, 28th Infantry Accidental Gunshot Wound 4/21/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1246  9446 Grave #15, Amer. Plot, German Civ. Cty., Dernbach, Germany Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Rosie Grimwood (Sister), Pine St., Wormslayburg, Penna. Notified Emergency Address 6/4/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. J-948   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #12, 5/6/19, F - #115, 5/25/20   Plat No.:  C-287    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/26/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/6/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/6/1920 aboard the Mercury Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 6/30/1920 Shipped on 7/24/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 7/27/1920 by C. W. Porter P. C. Cem. Br. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  167 Section:    Authority File No. D:  103865 Reburied (date):  7/30/1920

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