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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44546403 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47608944 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 59667 BENHAM 2845994 Thomas E. 359 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company I, 355th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 11/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/6/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 766  3627 Grave #25, Plot D, Row #1, Amer. Cty., Fleury sur Aire, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/20/1919 Cemetery 1232  12319 In:  Grave 83, Section 106, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Florence Benham (Mother), 2806 So. 27th St., Lincoln, Nebr. Notified Emergency Address 12/21/1918, Form 107: 3/11/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-22332   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 5-9-21 (S12) Sec 106   Plat No.:  D-197    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/26/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #51 on 9/13/1921 Shipped on 9/19/1921 to National Cty., Arlington, Va., Received at Destination  on 9/20/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper, Capt. Q.M.C. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3487 Section:   European Reburied (date):  10/6/1921 E/A notified (date):  1/5/1922

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