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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44954175 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47672656 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 33703 RORKE 1784975 Richard J. 286 Rank Pennsylvania Organization 79th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 315th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/30/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 993  7285 Grave 5,(Amer. B/A),Septsarges (Meuse) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 1232  10226 In:  Grave 176, Section 31, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Anna Rorke, (Sister), 55 Sycamore Ave., Clifton Hts. Pa., Richard Rorke (Father) 25I N. Horton St. Philadelphia Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 1/30/1919, 6/4/1919, Form 107: 1/15/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-22829   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Auth: Cas.Div. 3 X 5 Cas. Files A.G.O. Mr. Richard Rorke (Father) 251 N. Horton St., PHILADELPHIA, Pa., 8 w sent for status 8-22-21, F115 4-4-21 (S152), Sec 31   Plat No.:  A-305    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  3 Row:   36 Block:   B Authority File No. D:  31070 Reburied (date):  11/29/1921 E/A notified (date):  6/30/1923

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