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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44969070 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47441958 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29664 TRANTOM 1308402 James C. 288 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company G, 117th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/30/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 726  1081 Grave 40, Plot "A", Row 1, Old Hickory 3, Military Cty., Pontru, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 636  11201 In:  Grave 203, Row 8, Plot C, American Cemetery, Flanders Field, Bony, Aisne Emergency Address Mr. Luther Trantom (Father), Newport, Tenn. Notified Emergency Address 1/11/1919, Form 107: Dec 20, 1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5228 Photograph No. B-11304   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: 8-W-A sent 11/3/20 for correct name.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/20/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/21/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/3/1921 Shipped on 4/13/1921 to Luther Tranton, Newport, Tenn. Received at Destination  on 4/17/1921 by Above

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