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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44882327 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47650457 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 45160 HOFER 2192761 Jacob J. 305 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 8th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 10/16/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/16/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 783  3764 Grave 3, Amer. B/A Cty. , Montfaucon, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/28/1919 Cemetery 1232  10327 In:  Grave 187, Section 36, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Joshua Hofer, Father, Bridgewater, S.D. Notified Emergency Address 1/7/1919, Form 107: 1/17/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-20867   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F 115 4-45-21   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/8/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 12/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/28/1921 aboard the Crook Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #57 on 1/14/1922 Shipped on 1/30/1922 to Mr. Joshua Hofer, Bridgewater, S. Dak. Received at Destination  on 2/3/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 5/5/1922

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