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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44957138 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47674524 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 64332 SANDS Walter A. 343 Rank Pennsylvania Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant C. H, 26th Infantry Killed in Action 10/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Cited for conspicuous bravery in action Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-208  1775 Grave , Isolated Graves, Epinonville, Meuse, 35 SE E304.9 N278.8   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12405 In:  Grave 40, Section 46, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. E. S. Sands, Sister,, Fracksville, Pa., Below Notified Emergency Address 4/16/1919, Form 107: 2/26/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D 25463   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #12 sent out 2-27-19 Received 4-7-19., F115 4-21-22 8# 148   Plat No.:  A-235    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  35 Row:   41 Block:   B Authority File No. D:  31189 Reburied (date):  11/19/1921 E/A notified (date):  7/27/1923

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