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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44961981 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47676784 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 101785 SHEARMAN William H. 552-52 477 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Second Lieutenant A.S. 17th Squadron Killed in Action 8/14/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1616  G.R.S.,Form 16 Grave #729, Brugges Gen. Cem., Steenbrugge, Belgium Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 1252  In:  Emergency Address Mrs. C.P.A Shearman (Mother), 5489 Cornell Ave., Chicago, Ill., Beneficiary Notified Emergency Address 12/17/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 6175 Photograph No. B 10019   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: also rptd. Mrs. Caledonia P. Sherman (Mother) above P.O., Form 8-W sent 11/6/19 for E/A., 3/22/20 F 115.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/28/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/8/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 4/22/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #40 on 5/6/1921 Shipped on 5/18/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 5/20/1921 by E.M. Scott Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  4113 Section:    Reburied (date):  5/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/31/1922

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