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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44901447 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47642926 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 105209 LYKES 2409711 James H. 291 SP K Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company B, 311th Infantry Killed in Action 9/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-256  8709 Grave 2 (Isolated) Commune of Preny, (M-et-M), 52 NE E368.2 N243   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/19/1919 Cemetery 1233  10950 In:  Grave 41, Section 9, Plot 1, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Catherine Lykes (Mother), 30 Bowne Ave., Freehold, N.J. Notified Emergency Address 5/29/1919, Renot 1/12/1920, Form 107: 12/3/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-16677   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Form 12 --- 2/27/19, F115 1/31/21 2279   Plat No.:  C-104    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/28/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/14/1921 to Mrs. Catherine Lykes, 7 Monmouth Ave., Freehold, N. J. Received at Destination  on 7/15/1921 by Mrs. Catherine Lykes per. R.T.L.

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