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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44846607 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47634452 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 34388 GAEDEKE 1710668 Benjamin F. 294 Rank New York Organization 77th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Battalion Sergeant Major Headquarters Company 308th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune AWARDED - Silver Star Citation Certificate Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-556  2012 Grave # 3;, Isolated Graves, Cmme Sedan, Ardennes., 24 NW; E298.7 N327.35   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 1203  In:  Emergency Address Henry Gaedeke, (Brother), 60 E; 127th St.. N.Y. C. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: , 1/12/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: CD. prev. rept. as, K/A. Prev. rept. as, GAEDEKE, Benjamin.   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  31 Row:   46 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  60431 Reburied (date):  11/2/1921 E/A notified (date):  1/4/1923 Other notations:  James H. Gaedeke, brother, # 125 Burnett Ave., Syracuse, N.Y.

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