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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44830775 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47624761 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 99243 DURHAM 1590955 Merritt B. AG-201, 548, SP 123 Rank Louisiana Organization 28th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 28th Infantry Killed in Action 7/21/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Award - Cited in GO 1, 1st Div., Jan. 1, 1920 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-36  4846 Isolated Grave #1, 33 NE., Cmme. Bercy-le-Sec, Aisne E179.1 N290.98   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  3/27/1919 Cemetery 593  8550 In:  Grave 93, Section F, Plot 2, American B/A Cemetery, Ploisy, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Bertha L. Durham, c/o R.S. Durham, 3519 Marion St., Memphis, Tenn., -Beneficiary Single - Sailed July 9, 1930 - President Harding Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /9/19320 R.B. Sketch No. 5488 Photograph No. F-10776   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Reported "Missing in action" 7-21-18. by CC515. Form 8 sent 5-27-19 for Pres. stat. Auth. A.G.O. letter dated 5-27-20., F115/10/4/20   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Grave:  26 Row:   22 Block:   B Authority File No. D:  70112 Reburied (date):  2/2/1928 E/A notified (date):  5/2/1924, 2/26/1929 Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  608 - Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Grave:  42 Row:   22 Block:   B Authority File No. D:  60884 Reburied (date):  9/2/1922

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