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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44842654 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47632939 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 53822 FRANKLIN 1355503 Joseph W. 326 Rank Alabama Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Battery D, 6th Field Artillery Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/7/1918 AWARD - Cited GO 1,1st Div. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 977  3786 Grave 73, Plot C, Amer. B/A Cty., Cheppy, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/3/1919 Cemetery 1232  10535 In:  Grave 11, Section 15, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs Catherine Franklin, ( Mother ), Clanton, Ala. RFD #5, Box 32, No record of Father No record of wife Notified Emergency Address 12/13/1918, Form 107: 11/25/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-7225   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 115 3-24-21 49 - Sec 15   Plat No.:  A-76    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  31 Row:   5 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  30962 Reburied (date):  3/7/1922 E/A notified (date):  6/7/1923

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