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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44961483 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47676558 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 9991 SHANKS 275518 Elmer F. 225 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company Machine Gun 127thInfantry Killed in Action 8/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/7/1918 Reburied Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 613  9576 Grave #169, American B/A Cty., Cierges, Aisne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 608  11761 In:  Grave 97, Section O, Plot 2, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Etta Berni (Mother), Miami, Fla. Notified Emergency Address 12 30 18, Form 107: 12/22/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5831 Photograph No. F-18221   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F#115 - 12/15/20 - 2905   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/13/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/19/1921 to Edd Halliday, Undertaker, Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Received at Destination  on 7/22/1921 by Above

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