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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44883909 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47652397 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 78794 HOWARD Chester R. 365 sub par 68 Rank Iowa Organization 26th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant Company A, 104th Infantry Killed in Action 10/16/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune AWARD - Cited in GO 22, 26th Div. 3-15-19 act 10-18-18 to cessation of hostilities north of Verndon. Another silver star cited in GO 8, AEF 3-1-20 act 10-16-18 at Bois d' Haumont north of Verndon, Cited in GO 74 26th Div. 8-31-20 for act during 2d battle Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 892  3526 Grave #40, Amer. B./A. Cty., Flabas, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 1232  12132 In:  Grave 128, Section 46, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. C. C. Howard (Mother), 820 5th Ave. East, Cedar Rapids, Iowa/ Notified Emergency Address 4/26/1919, 2/25/1920 # Form 107: R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D 25600   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: #8, 3/4/19.   Plat No.:  B-223    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  38 Row:   26 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  31190 Reburied (date):  11/23/1921 E/A notified (date):  7/27/1923

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