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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44976531 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47445426 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 62210 WELLS Edward L. 335 483 SP 70 Rank South Carolina Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Captain Company C, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune D.S.C. -Oak leaf cluster & French Croix de Guerre with Silver star Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 741  2279 Grave 29, Plot 2, Amer. B/A Cty., Apremont (Ardennes) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/6/1919 Cemetery 1232  10669 In:  Grave 33, Section 45, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Edward L. Wells, mother, 2 Walker St., Charleston, S.C. Notified Emergency Address 1/22/1919, 11/20/19/19 Form 107: R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D25813   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: #8 for date of death 4-16-19, Correspondence Rec'd 4/8/19 #12, F115 - 4/7/21 188 - Sec 45   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  37 Row:   30 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  30708 Reburied (date):  12/9/1921 E/A notified (date):  4/21/1923 Other notations:  The records of AGO show Edward L. Wells was only 1st Lieut. at time of death. Records also show that he was appointed Captain Oct. 4, 1918, but no record of acceptance is found. Lieut. Wells was not notified of his appointment prior to his death, which oc

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