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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44827141 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47621678 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 105576 DIGGES 198328 James F. 559-20-81-1 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company C, 1st F. S. Battalion Killed in Action 6/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-20  GRS form #16 Isolated Grave, Lucy-la-Bocage, Aisne., Body found in well opposite Maison Lober in the village of Lucy Bocage., 49 NE E174.7 N260.5   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  12/20/1919 Cemetery 1764  20735 In:  Grave 114, Section X, Plot 3, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Mary A. Forsyth (Aunt), 1802 Belmont Rd. Washington, D. C. Notified Emergency Address 2/16/1920, 107/6/192920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: Burial information from letter of 1/5/20 from Hq. Amer. GRS in E. Paris, France., F#115-2-12-21-27, SDCR. 759   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/1/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/12/1921 Shipped on 9/22/1921 to Miss Mary A. Forsyth, 1802 Belmont Road, Washington, D. C. Received at Destination  on 9/23/1921 by Above

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