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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44556873 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47620938 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 70773 COTTON 2860029 Elijah 383 Rank Louisiana Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 318th Labor Battalion Quartermaster Corps Accidental Gunshot Wound, In line of duty 12/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 12/9/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 94  2124 Grave 269, Plot H, Amer. Cty., Contrexeville, Vosges. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  2/17/1921 Cemetery 94  30209 In:  Grave 156, American Cemetery, Contrexeville, Vosges Emergency Address Henry Cotton, Father, RFD 1, Box 84, Gunison, Miss. Notified Emergency Address 1/16/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 10-18-20   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  22 Row:   35 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  60455 Reburied (date):  12/2/1921 E/A notified (date):  1/10/1923

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