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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44967296 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47441303 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 45333 THORNTON 4263123 Howard 304 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 806th Pioneer Infantry Lobar Pneumonia 10/22/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/23/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 537  1879 Grave 38, Amer. Cty., Andilly, M-et-M Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/17/1919 Cemetery 1233  10479 In:  Grave 72, Section 5, Plot 2, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Howard Thornton, Father, Bains, La. Notified Emergency Address 12/9/1918, Form 107: 11/20/1919, Renot 4/22/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-15904   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Renotification due to error in coding., F115 - 2/5/21 3752   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/13/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/28/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Wash. D.C. Received at Destination  on 7/29/1921 by Asa Irwin, Capt. QMC Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  330 Section:   Colored Reburied (date):  August, 1921

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