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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44550400 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47613012 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 32670 BROWN 291645 Willard Leighton 287 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 67th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 10/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-217  2515 Grave 4, Isolated., Cmme. St. Etienne a Arnes, Ardennes, 34 SE: E266.46 N281.95   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12200 In:  Grave 137, Section 88, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. L. S. Brown, Mother, Yampa, Routt Co., Colo. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 4/28/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5377-5759 Photograph No. D-33452   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8-W sent for NR 4/20/20 Form 8-w sent for NR 3/1/20, Form 12, sent 2/25/19, F115 - 4-12-21 (S-19) Sec 88   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/24/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/3/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/9/1921 to Mrs. L. S. Brown, Yampa, Routt Co., Colo., Received at Destination  on 9/15/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/4/1922

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