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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44962652 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677203 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 10754 SHIMKO 1386955 Demostene 230 Rank Illinois Organization 33rd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 131st Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 8/11/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 448  8/12/1918 Grave No. 13, Row A, Plot 7, Pernois, British Cty., Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS Form #16 Grave 13, American Plot, Pernois British Cty., Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 443, 443  In:  Emergency Address Mr. Frank Shimko (Father), 2626 Evergreen Ave., Chicago, Ill., Over Notified Emergency Address 4/26/1919, Form 107: 10/1/1920, Form 107: /7/19 Form 212: 0 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-14454   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F #115 8-7-20   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery Grave:  14 Row:   15 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  70159 Reburied (date):  4/3/1928 E/A notified (date):  4/30/1927 Other notations:  No record of a wife. Mr. Frank Shimko (Father) 2047 Fullerton Ave., Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Mary Shimko (Mother) Same address as father. Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  636 - Somme American Cemetery Grave:  28 Row:   17 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  Form 3, Rept/#11, 61264 Reburied (date):  8/28/1922

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