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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44838885 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47632237 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 26319 FOSS 1696864 John A. 278 Rank New York Organization 77th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 305th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/28/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 794  2319 Grave 6, Plot 1, Amer, La Chalade, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1232  10959 In:  Grave 26, Section 83, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Arthur Foss Brother, 195 Center St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 2/11/1919, 18 4/24/1919, Form 107: 3/3/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-33180   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 4-14-21   Plat No.:  D-97    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  26 Row:   30 Block:   E Authority File No. D:  31361 Reburied (date):  10/7/1921 E/A notified (date):  9/21/1923

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