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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44952175 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47671669 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 69215 RISKA 119063 John Johnson 482 SP 48 Rank New Jersey Organization 2nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Headquarters 5th Regiment USMC Died of Wounds 6/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 712  Grave No. 9, Plot 69, Cty. Amer. Lucy-le-Bocage, Aisne, Exhumed from field West of Bois-Belleau Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS #16 Grave 9, Plot 69, Myers, Unknown Field, Belleau, Woods. E175.7 N261.1   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 1764  In:  Emergency Address Mr. John Riska, Father, 200 Parker St., Newark, N. J., Single Mother - Mrs. Susanah Riska, c/o North Mianus Mfg. Co., Cos Cob, Conn. - Sailed Aug. 12, 1931 America Notified Emergency Address Rtd 1/15/1920, 5/19/1919, 1/10/1920 107 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-17034   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Prev. rptd. John J. EA also c/o North Mianus Mfg.co.cos Cob, Conn. Prev. rptd. Hdq. 5th marines, F115 - 2-18-21 (S.1925)   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Aisne-Marne American Cemetery Grave:  59 Row:   6 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  31801 Reburied (date):  10/21/1922 E/A notified (date):  11/9/1928

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