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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44862823 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47640578 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 6964 GRESHAM 1402700 Leland C. 209 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company G, 370th Infantry Accidental Gunshot Wound 7/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 7/27/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 290  3719 Grave 3, Row 11, French Mil. Cty., Froidos, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Josephine Gresham, Mother, 407 N. 3rd St., Memphis, Tenn. Notified Emergency Address 4/25/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-2141   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rept. as, Pvt. DD. as, 7/25/18. E.A. also rept. as, 117 Winchester St., Memphis, Tenn Auth. A.G.O. letter dated 10/13/20, F 115 1/5/21   Plat No.:  D-194    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/23/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/22/1921 to National Cty., Memphis, Tenn. Received at Destination  on 7/25/1921 by James Burns Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee Grave:  7275 Section:   23 Reburied (date):  7/1/1921

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