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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44912884 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47650884 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 21154 MATTHEWS Roy E. 264 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Second Lieutenant Company D, 357th Infantry Killed in Action 9/14/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/15/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 546  2791 Grave 6, Amer. B/A Cty.,Fey-on-Haye, (M-et-M) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/16/1919 Cemetery 1233  10502 In:  Grave 192, Section 6, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mr. Lewis R. Matthews, Father, 129 W. Page St., Dallas, Texas Notified Emergency Address 1/18/1919, Form 107: /11/192519 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-16232   Grave Marker Name Peg   Yes   Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 1/31/21 2498   Plat No.:  C-179    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/4/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/4/1921 to Lamar & Smith Und. Co., Dallas, Texas. Received at Destination  on 8/10/1921 by Above

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