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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44962305 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677047 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 28983 SHEPPARD 1214776 Elon 286 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company G, 108th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/1/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 51-A  3709 Grave 21, Plot 6, Row E, British Mil. Cty., Tincourt-Boucly, Somme Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. H. B. Sheppard (Mother), Wayland, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address 12/14/1918 R.B. Sketch No. 5452 Photograph No. B-13127   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/20/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/15/1922 Shipped to Brooklyn, New York on 6/20/1922 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Brooklyn, New York in Consignment #67 on 6/30/1922 Shipped on 7/14/1922 to Mr H. B. Sheppard, Wayland, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 7/15/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 8/30/1922

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