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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44901442 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47642920 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 55406 LYFORD 3198088 Thornton 296 Rank Massachusetts Organization 79th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 316th Infantry Mustard Gas 10/14/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/18/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 548  3431 Grave 39, Plot C, American Cty., Ancemont, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Thomas Lyford (Brother), 466 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass. Notified Emergency Address 2/11/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-34860   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 1/13/21 - 61   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  8 Row:   3 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  60551 Reburied (date):  1/10/1922 E/A notified (date):  4/11/1923

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