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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44907084 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47645751 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 53131 MCILWAIN 3206814 William S. 312 Rank Alabama Organization 81st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company B, 324th Infantry Meningitis 10/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/31/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 453  1651 Grave #53, Amer. Cty., Gelacourt, M et M Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  2/11/1921 Cemetery 453  30082 In:  Grave 2, American Cemetery, Gelacourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address George W. McIlwain, (Father), Silas, Ala. Notified Emergency Address 12/26/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D 39659   Grave Marker Name Peg   Yes   Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle   Yes   Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Drawer #10, F115 10-29-20 31   Plat No.:  A-418    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  37 Row:   22 Block:   F Authority File No. D:  60199 Reburied (date):  10/13/1921 E/A notified (date):  6/3/1922

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