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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44900215 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47641698 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 13712 LOOFT 2157412 Walter H. 251 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 131st Infantry Killed in Action 8/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 443  8/12/1918 Grave No. 2143, Row A, British Cty., Vaux-sur-Somme, Somme. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune G.R.S.,Form 16 Grave 6, Row A, Plot 1, Brit. Mil. Cty., Somme, 12 SE E128.6 N359.6   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/27/1919 Cemetery 443  11192 In:  Grave 21, Row A, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Vaux-sur-Somme, Somme Emergency Address Mr. John Looft, (Father), Ledyard, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address 5/19/1919, Form 107: 12/11/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-14644   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 8-WA sent 8-14-20 for correct name. Prev. rptd. Walter., F-#115, 8-9-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 9/11/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 10/12/1920 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 John Looft, Ledyard, Iowa. Received at Destination  on 1/1/1921 by Above

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