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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44941756 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47668766 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 20677 PORTER 108602 Ernest Washington 264 Rank New Jersey Organization 2nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private 23rd. Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion, USMC Killed in Action 9/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/15/1918 AWARDED: Distinguished Service Cross - Navy Cross Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-163  8466 Grave no. Unknown, Commune of Jaulny, M-et-M, 52 NE E364.6 N241.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/21/1919 Cemetery 1233  11724 In:  Grave 200, Section 5, Plot 4, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mr. Ernest Porter, (Father), 671 Summer Ave., Newark, N.J. Notified Emergency Address Form 36: 5/31/1919, Form 21A: 2/10/1919, Form 107: 1/12/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-16032   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv. rpt.- Ernest W. - Co. B, 6th M.G. Bn. Later E/A. 311 Verona Ave., F115-2/2/21 2991   Plat No.:  C-155    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  St. Mihiel American Cemetery Grave:  14 Row:   25 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  31768 Reburied (date):  7/28/1922 E/A notified (date):  3/22/1924

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