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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44958081 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47674966 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 107587 SCHAEFER 2061927 William J. 583-111 Rank Illinois Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 28th Infantry Killed in Action 10/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune AWARD - Cited in G.O. 1, 1st Div., 1/1/20 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-209  6036 Grave 3, Isolated, Cmme Exermont, Ardennes, 35 NE E302.3 N283.6   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/17/1919 Cemetery 1232  12337 In:  Grave 201, Section 57, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Barber Hilbert, Aunt, 1457 Belle Plaine Ave., Chicago, Ills., (Loco Parentis) Mother Dead Single Mother - Deceased. No rec. of wife Sailed July 8, 1931 - President Harding Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/31/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D 31002   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rept. as, SCHAEFFER, Wm.J. RS 6. DD. prev. rept. as, 10/1-12/18. Auth. A.G.O. letter dated 10/13/20, Form 8 sent 6-17-19 for present status. AGO -201, F115 4-27-21 S#161   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  17 Row:   14 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  31253 Reburied (date):  11/5/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/15/1923 Other notations:  Benef.-Wm. J. Schaefer (Father) c/o J. Hilbert 2112 N. Halsted St., Chicago, Ill

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