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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44967302 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47441305 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 85942 THORNTON 1907254 James 245 Rank Indiana Organization 5th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company M, 6th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 8/17/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/18/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1666  8294 Grave 8, Amer. B/A Cty., Frapelle, Vesges Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/20/1921 Cemetery 1666  30199 In:  Grave 30, American Cemetery, Frapelle, Vosges Emergency Address Mrs. Hattie D. Thornton, Mother, North Vernon, Indiana Madison Ave. Notified Emergency Address 6/18/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-39903   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 12 sent 2-24-19., F115 10/20/20   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  24 Row:   35 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  60285 Reburied (date):  10/12/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/7/1922

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