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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44826450 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47621006 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 33947 DESMOND 2144755 Ray 289 Rank Illinois Organization 35th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 137th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-246  9909 Grave 1, Isolated.,Chatel Chahery, Ardennes, 35SE. E301.5 N279.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12238 In:  Grave 71, Section 91, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Ann Desmond, (Mother), Ohio, Ill. RFD #1. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 2/19/1919, Form 107: 3/3/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-27523   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: AGO card Geo. Desmond (father) same E/A, F115/4/20/21/62. AGO card Geo. Desmond (father) same E/A.   Plat No.:  A-272    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  38 Row:   39 Block:   H Authority File No. D:  31407 Reburied (date):  9/20/1921 E/A notified (date):  9/29/1923

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