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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44978036 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47446340 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 20251 WIESSE 1977862 Elmer 261 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company A, 131st Infantry Killed in Action 8/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 443  8/16/1918 Grave No. 14, Plot No. 1, Row A, Cty. British, Vaux sur Somme, Somme. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS FM.16. Grave 15, Row A, Plot 1, British Mil. Cty., Somme, 12 SE E128.6 N359.6   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/27/1919 Cemetery 443  11192 In:  Grave 12, Row A, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Vaux-sur-Somme, Somme Emergency Address Mrs. Mattie Wiesse, Wife,, 318 E. Morris St., Indianapolis, Ind. Notified Emergency Address 12/31/1918, Form 107: Dec 31, 1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/13/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 10/16/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/14/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 12/29/1920 to Flanner & Buchanan, Funeral Director, Indianapolis, Ind. Received at Destination  on 1/1/1921 by Above

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