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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44962284 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677037 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 21665 SHEPHERD 2991614 Joseph W. 269 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 53rd Infantry Lobar Pneumonia 9/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/12/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 86  240 Grave A, American Cemetery, Mesves, Nievre Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address James T. Shepherd ( Father), Leatherman, N.C. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 6/11/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Previously reported as Shepard, Joseph W. Serial No. 2291614, Form 8 sent 2/28/18, 5/20/20 - F115.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 11/3/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  St. Nazaire on 11/9/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/22/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 1/10/1921 to James T. Shepherd, Franklin, N. C. Received at Destination  on 1/15/1921 by Above

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