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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44546605 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609142 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 4045 BENTON 117479 William Allen 171 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 51st Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 6/17/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 550  Exhumed from section Bois Belleau, Grave No. 122, Cty. (Amer) Belleau B.A Com of Belleau, Aisne Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS Form #16 Grave 122, Plot 65, Myers, near Belleau, Aisne E176.15 N266.5   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/6/1919 Cemetery 1764  20348 In:  Grave 144, Section S, Plot 3, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Ada Mabe (Sister), Mayodan, N.C. Notified Emergency Address 12/5/1918, 107/6/191520 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-15441   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 2/10/21 153   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/15/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/1/1921 to Mrs. Ada Mabe, Mayodan, N.C. Received at Destination  on 9/3/1921 by Above

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