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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44880771 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47648565 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 61127 HESS 89160 Lester 333 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company A, 165th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/14/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/14/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 876  2950 Grave #78, Plot C, Amer. B/A Cty., Baulny, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/6/1919 Cemetery 1232  10875 In:  Grave 33, Section 13, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Moses Hess (Mother), 137 Bay 35th St. Brooklyn, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address Form 36F: orm 5/3/1919, Form 21A: 2/17/1919, Form 107: 1/28/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 1598 6 5759 Photograph No. D-8072   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board   Yes   Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F-8-W-A sent 1/10/21, F115 3-21-21 68   Plat No.:  A-109    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/9/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/15/1921 to J. Millheiser & Sons Und., 1460 Lexington Ave., New York City, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 7/15/1921 by Above

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