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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44850090 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47635683 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 31584 GASTON 1487711 Robert A. 288 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company F, 141st Infantry Killed in Action 10/8/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-217  7242 Grave 7, Isolated., Cmme. of St. Etienne-a-Arnes, Ardennes., 35 NW E267.6 N283.6   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/12/1919 Cemetery 1232  11004 In:  Grave 161, Section 17, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Lillie Gaston, Mother, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas Notified Emergency Address 12/30/1918, 1/22/1920 107 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-7180   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 3-22-21   Plat No.:  B-63    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/13/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/17/1921 to National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas. Received at Destination  on 9/22/1921 by Parth Loring. Emergency address notified on 12/9/1921 Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  San Antonio National Cemetery, Texas Grave:  1368 Section:   G Reburied (date):  9/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  12/10/1921

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