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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44934422 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47665429 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 27735 OPEL 3171527 Earl H. 283 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 47th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  C-239, Cmme. Dannevoux, Meuse., Sht 35NE, C-L 239-1404  E313.8, N281.4 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-230  21944 Isolated (made), Grave, Bois de Brieulles, Cmme, Brieulles-sur-Meuse, Meuse., (Cmme Dannevoux) E313.86 N281.82   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 1232  In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Sevilla Opel-mother, R.F.D.#2 Meyersdale, Pa. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/3/1925 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Dunkerque or Dunkirk Shipped to New York, NY on 4/23/1925 aboard the Olen Arrived at New York, NY on 5/11/1925 Shipped to Depot Quartermaster, Washington/ General Intermediate Depot, Washington, D.C. Received at Destination  on 5/15/1925 by Above Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  4613 Section:   European (White) Reburied (date):  5/28/1925

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