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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44544640 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47607306 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 42553 BALL 554476 Basil 299 Rank Kentucky Organization 3rd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Medical Detachment, 9th Machine Gun Battalion Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/20/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/21/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 558  3144 Grave #262, Row 7, Amer. Cty., Froidos, Chateau Salvange, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12125 In:  Grave 168, Section 65, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Lillie Ball, (Wife), Arabia , Kentucky., over Notified Emergency Address 12/5/1918, Form 107: 2/27/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-10273   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115- 4.27.21 (S11) Sec 65   Plat No.:  D-202    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  11 Row:   18 Block:   F Authority File No. D:  31307 Reburied (date):  10/22/1921 E/A notified (date):  9/13/1923 Other notations:  Mother- Mrs R. G. Meredith, 614 Rorer Ave., S. W. Roanoke, Va.

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