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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547442 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609960 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 40176 BLACKHAM 161503 Russell Porter 298 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 80th Company, 6th Marines Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/6/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 788  3178 Grave #4, Plot #1, Amer. B/A Cty., Somme Py, Marne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/22/1919 Cemetery 1232  10778 In:  Grave 116, Section 9, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. A.J. Blackham, (Mother), 3726 Borden St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address 1/17/1919, Form 107: 1/26/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rptd. Russel P-Co. G, 6th Marines, F115 - 3/16/21 19 - Sec 9   Plat No.:  D-61    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/4/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/14/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #48 on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/21/1921 to Mrs. Anna J. Blackham, 3726 Borden St., Cincinnati, Ohio Received at Destination  on 7/22/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 4/13/1922

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