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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44958397 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47675112 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 34350 SCHERF 2162105 William H. 294 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company I, 119th Infantry Killed in Action 10/8/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 640  Mil. Cty. Brancourt le Grand, Aisne. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune G.R.S,Form# 16 Grave, Isolated, Map Ref. 13SE E188.9 N366.3   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/6/1920 Cemetery 636  20753 In:  Grave 150, Row 6, Plot J, American Cemetery, Flanders Field, Bony, Aisne Emergency Address Otto Scherf, (Father), 1232 1st Ave., N. Minneapolis, Minn. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /7/192020 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F-115 - 9-10-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/11/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 3/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/21/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/3/1921 Shipped on 6/7/1921 to Milo H Snell, (Und), 902 20th Ave., No. Minneapolis, Minn. Received at Destination  on 6/10/1921 by Above

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