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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44978309 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47446514 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 89585 WILKES 748800 Richard B. 438 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Headquarters Detachment 3rd Supply Train Pneumonia 1/23/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 1/24/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 856  503 Grave 24, Amer. Plot., Neuw Friedhof, Mayen, Prussia, Germany. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. James P. Wilkes, Father, Lupus, Mo. Notified Emergency Address 3/7/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5054 Photograph No. J-338   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: #12 sent 2-26-19, 6-18-20--F115   Plat No.:  C-276    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/10/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/16/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/18/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/5/1920 Shipped on 9/14/1920 to James P. Wilkes, RFD #1, Lupus, Mo. Received at Destination  on 9/17/1920 by Above

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