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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44931782 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47663305 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 33995 NIXON 2663258 William D. 289 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company D, 319th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/27/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1705  9078 Grave 20, Amer. B/A Cty., Cuisy, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 1232  10820 In:  Grave 41, Section 94, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Samuel J. Nixon (Father), Box 211, Fairchance, penna. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 2/8/1919, Form 36A: 6/5/1919 Form 107: 3/3/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-29511   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 5-2-21 (S 141) sec 94   Plat No.:  A-233    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/10/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Wash, D. C. Received at Destination  on 10/11/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper. Capt. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3721 Section:   European Reburied (date):  10/13/1921 E/A notified (date):  4/3/1922

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