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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44962908 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677359 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 92696 SHOUP 2659361 Merl W. 325 SP 54 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company I, 16th Infantry Killed in Action 10/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/11/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-215  7533 Grave #2, Isolated. Cmme. Fleville, Ardennes. 35NW. E299.4 N282.15   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/9/1919 Cemetery 1232  10334 In:  Grave 102, Section 11, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Ida Shoup. (Mother), 955 Lysle St., Pittsburg, Pa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /1/19 Form 212: 0, Form 36: 5/29/1919, Form 21A: 2/19/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-8608   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115-3-16-21 (S 176) Sec 11   Plat No.:  D-38    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/7/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/19/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #48 on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/27/1921 to Mrs. Ida Shoup, 955 Lysle St., N.S., Pittsburgh, Pa. Received at Destination  on 7/29/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/8/1921

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