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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44946980 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47671219 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 33925 RICHARDS John Francisco 296 SP HHH Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant 1st Aero Squadron 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-148  6888 Grave #1, Cmme. of Charpentry, Meuse, Map 35SE E303.9 N275.8   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/14/1919 Cemetery 1232  12079 In:  Grave 65, Section 56, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. George B. Richards, (Father), 4526 Warwick Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo. Notified Emergency Address 1/23/1919, Form 107: /2/192420 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-30444   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Body disinterred and placed in metallic casket reinterred in same grave., F115 - 4-29-21 (S119) Sec 56   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/18/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/24/1921 to George B. Richards, 4526 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. Received at Destination  on 8/23/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 3/21/1922

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