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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44942464 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47669129 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 51353 PRESTON 3359668 William L. 310 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Battery B, 130th Field Artillery Pneumonia 11/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/4/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 534  2924 Grave 31, Sec. D, Plot 1, Amer. Cty., Souilly, (Meuse) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Elizabeth J. Preston, (Mother), 143 Barber Ave., West Marietta, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address 4/25/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-1725   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. Rept. SN. 2359668, William, 8-W-A sent 2/14/21 for Ser. #., F115 - 1/10/21 - 454   Plat No.:  D-187    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/11/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/3/1921 to Doudna & McClure, Und. Marietta, Ohio. Received at Destination  on 8/6/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/25/1922

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