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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44977354 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47445850 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 111569 WHEELER R-246536 Lee J. 708 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company I, 8th Infantry Gunshot Wound, Accidental 9/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 802  40021 Grave 206, Sec. F, Plot 4, American Cemetery, Coblenz, Germany. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Miss Lena Wheeler, (Sister), 49 Union St., Holyoke, Mass. Notified Emergency Address 107/7/191020 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/5/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/14/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 7/3/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 7/21/1920 Shipped on 8/29/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 8/31/1920 by Henry Kamich, QMC Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  309 Section:    Authority File No. D:  111569 Reburied (date):  9/7/1920

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