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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44972179 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47681301 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 4649 STRAIN 119617 Benjamin Turner 186 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal 45th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 6/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 551  Grave #9, Amer. B.A. Cty., Torcy, Aisne Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS Fm. 16 Grave #9, Plot 63, Myers, left of road between Lucy-La and Torcy, Aisne. E174.8 N262.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1764  20263 In:  Grave 4, Section A, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Anna J. Strain, 629 West Main St., Greensburg, Ind. Notified Emergency Address 12/11/1918, Form 107: 6/1/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-22784   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F115 - 3/19/21 2197   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/8/1921 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 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/30/1921 to Mrs. Edna Strain Abbott, Crown Hill, Indianapolis, Ind., Received at Destination  on 9/3/1921 by Shirley Br., Co., F.S.W.,

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