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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44557035 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47621254 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 12621 COWAN Oscar H. 239 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant Battery D, 56th Coast Artillery Killed in Action 8/21/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 428  10110 Grave #22, Sec., A, American B/A Cty., Mareuil-en-Dole, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/13/1919 Cemetery 608  11830 In:  Grave 133, Section A, Plot 3, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Selma C. Cowan (Mother), Melrose, Mass. #343 East Foster St . , Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /7/191220 R.B. Sketch No. 5999 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. Rept. Co. D. 56th F.A. Name Changed from Cowen to Cowan, Form #8 March 5th 1919 Form 8-W sent 12/31/19., F#115 12-6-20, 639   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/2/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/15/1921 to James B. Cowan, Stamford, Conn. Received at Destination  on 7/15/1921 by Mrs. Selma C. Cowan, Stamford, Conn.

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