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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44829792 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47623948 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 22512 DUCKSTAD John Benjamin 269 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Major 58th Infantry 12th Machine Gun Battalion Motorcycle Accident 9/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/7/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 131  21491 Grave 11, French Mil. Cty., Osches, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. J. B. Duckstad, Wife, 227 Carlisle St., Gettysburg, Pa. Notified Emergency Address 4/25/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-34964   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 1-3-21 - (S-11)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/14/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #47 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/1/1921 to Quartermaster U.S.M.A., West Point, N. Y. Received at Destination  on 8/1/1921 by R. H. Hannum, Maj. Ord. Dept. Emergency address notified on 1/17/1922

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