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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44971414 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47442880 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 31226 VAN BRIGGLE 1462066 Walter J. 288 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company L, 140th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/10/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 950  3199 Grave 4, Amer. B/A, Cty., Exermont, Ardennes Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/8/1919 Cemetery 1232  10245 In:  Grave 20, Section 52, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Alice Van Briggle (Mother), 2605 E. 12th St, Kansas City, Mo. Notified Emergency Address 2/5/1919, Form 107: 1/15/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-31871   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Pr. rept. Walter.   Plat No.:  A-178    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/11/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/7/1921 to Miss Lillian Trumbo, Friend for: Mr. Otto Van Briggle, Kansas City, Mo. Received at Destination  on 9/6/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/20/1921

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