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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44966609 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47679137 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 18715 SMITH 2872233 Willie J. 293 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 109th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/5/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 977  3784 Grave 42, Plot B, Amer B/A, Cheppy, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/3/1919 Cemetery 1232  10574 In:  Grave 12, Section 16, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Lucy Smith (sister), Care J.P. Presler, R #1, Box #30, Holcomb, Mo., (Beneficiary) Notified Emergency Address 6/17/1919, Form 107: 1/19/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-35583   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 sent 3/3/19 for NR., F115-3-25-21 (S182) Sec 16 prev. rptd. William J.   Plat No.:  A-76    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/8/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/22/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. Received at Destination  on 9/23/1921 by D.R. Wolverton, Capt. QMC. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3382 Section:   European Reburied (date):  10/6/1921 E/A notified (date):  5/25/1922

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