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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44944537 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47670100 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 30922 RANSON John Oliver 275 Rank North Carolina Organization 93rd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant Company I., 371st Infantry Killed in Action 9/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/1/1918 AWARDED - D.S.C. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-343  5818 Grave 3, Isolated., Cmme of Marvaux, Ardennes., 35SW E280.2 N279.8   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 1232  12208 In:  Grave 77, Section 55, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. John Oliver Ranson, (Wife), 335 Liberty St., Charlotte, N.C., Remarried Widow Remarried Mother - Mrs. W. J. Ranson, Box 86, Huntersville, N. C. - Sailed July 23, 1930 - George Washington Notified Emergency Address 12/20/1918, Form 107: 2/26/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-30580   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: No record of mother or father., F115 - 5-17-21 (S-141) sec 55   Plat No.:  D-83    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  16 Row:   2 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  31240 Reburied (date):  11/9/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/11/1923

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