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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44965433 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47678679 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 2669 SMITH 204521 Herbert G. 164 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 28th Infantry Killed in Action 5/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 5/29/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1263  2599 Grave 16, Row F, Amer. Cty., Cantigny, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 176  11266 In:  Grave 29, Section B, American Cemetery, Villers-Tournelle, Somme Emergency Address William T. Smith, (Brother), 844, 26th St. Milwaukee, Wisc. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 2/18/1919, Form 107: 12/6/1919, 3/21/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5330 Photograph No. E-14164   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Plat No.:  B-172    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/14/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/22/1921 to Mrs. Louise C. Schmidt, Milwaukee, Wisc. Received at Destination  on 3/24/1921 by John G. Schmidt.

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