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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44542410 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47604958 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 22562 ALFORD 411071 Rufus W. 261 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E,117th Engineers Killed in Action 9/11/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  9/13/1918 C-186, Cmme. Seicheprey, M- et- M., CL-186-990, Sht.52-SW., 1-25-19  E359.5, N231.30 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS F-16 Isolated Grave, Beaumont, M-et-M., Map 52SE: E359.51 N231.19   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1233  10401 In:  Grave 85, Section 17, Plot 2, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Noah Alford, (Father), Freeman, N. C. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: B 3/15/19 Form 21: R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F-115-3-24-21 - 4221   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/23/1922 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 2/13/1922 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/19/1922 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #60 on 3/29/1922 Shipped on 4/18/1922 to Mr. Noah Alford, Delco, N.C. Received at Destination  on 4/22/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 7/8/1922

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