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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44896304 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47636973 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 40122 LANIGHAN 1735646 Matthew S. 298 Rank New York Organization 78th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company I, 309th Infantry Killed in Action 10/16/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  AWARDED - D.S.C.for act. 10/16/18 near St. Juvin, France. and Silver Star cited G.O. #6, 78th Div. 3/17/19, Cmme. or Champigneulle, Ardennes, 35 NW  E296.1, N286.5 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-412  7015 Isolated Grave #1, Commune of Champigneulle, Ardennes E296.2 N286.8   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/14/1919 Cemetery 1232  10708 In:  Grave 163, Section 90, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, (Body now in Morgue) Emergency Address Edward Lanighan, (Father), 24 Franklin Ave., Lockport, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: C.L. C-412-300., F-115 4/6/22 161   Plat No.:  A-33    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  17 Row:   41 Block:   E Authority File No. D:  30829 Reburied (date):  4/27/1922 E/A notified (date):  5/17/1923 Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  1232 - Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  32 Row:   9 Block:   G Authority File No. D:  30853

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