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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44964647 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47678371 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 40030 SMITH 2449001 Basil W. 298 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company B, 304th Machine Gun Battalion Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/15/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1015  2878 Grave # 23, Plot #2, ,Amer. Cty. , Lancon, Ardennes. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/23/1919 Cemetery 1232  10962 In:  Grave 48, Section 111, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Sarah Smith, (Mother), Main St., Pine Hill, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 1/25/1919, Form 107: 3/9/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-34266   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 5/18/21, 178, Sec 111   Plat No.:  D-162    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/12/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/29/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/11/1921 to Mrs. Sarah Smith, Pine Hill, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 10/6/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/5/1922

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