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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547215 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609739 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 77324 BIRCHBY James Arthur 479 Rank California Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Secretary YMCA German shell fire 10/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/9/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-217  8643 Isolated Grave, St. Etienne A Arnes, (Cmme), Ardennes., 35 SW, E267.5 N281.35   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12255 In:  Grave 88, Section 92, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address H.B.Birchby, (Brother), 540 S. Marengo Ave., Pasadena, Cal., Over. Notified Emergency Address 3/24/1919, 6/2/1919, Form 107: 3/5/1920, Rentfd R.B. Sketch No. 5707-5759 Photograph No. D-28329   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: DD prev. reptd 10-4-18 Renotification due to error in cty. previously reported in Cty. 345, Form No. 8 sent 2/28/19., F115 - 4-28-21 (S-19) sec 92   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  32 Row:   1 Block:   F Authority File No. D:  31414 Reburied (date):  9/26/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/1/1923 Other notations:  Mr. W. N. Birchby (brother) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.

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