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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44827577 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47622114 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 83876 DISTON 370403 John W. 4C1 SP 99 Rank Rhode Island Organization 2nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 5th Machine Gun Battalion 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 1129  11272 Grave 112, Sec. B, Plot 3, Amer. Cty., St. Etienne a Arnes, Ardennes. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/17/1919 Cemetery 1232  12054 In:  Grave 208, Section 85, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Herbert Lees (Step-father) (Beneficiary), 71 Erastus St., Providence, Rhode Island, Beneficiary Notified Emergency Address Form 107: A 6/8/19 Form 21: [Enter Key] 4/26/1919 [Enter Key] 3/4/1920 107 Rtd 3/9/1920 [Enter Key] 12/11/1919 107 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-33524   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: EA. pr. rept. 71 Eiqustus St., Providence, R.I. Beneficiary: Mrs. Jane Lees, Mother (Same address), Form #8 for NR   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  39 Row:   26 Block:   F Authority File No. D:  31375 Reburied (date):  10/22/1921 E/A notified (date):  9/26/1923

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