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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547642 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47610159 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 41721 BLANKS 1490634 James L. 299 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company H, 142nd Infantry Killed in Action 10/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 825  873 Grave 36, Row 1, Amer. Battlefield Cty. , St. Etienne-A-Arnes, Ardennes Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12310 In:  Grave 101, Section 84, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address H. W. Blanks, (Father), Lakeview, Texas. Notified Emergency Address 1/21/1919, Form 107: 3/4/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5140-41-5759 Photograph No. D-33842   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 4/7/21 13 - Sec 84, SDCR #708   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/5/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/6/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/7/1921 to Harvey W. Blanks, Memphis, Texas Received at Destination  on 10/16/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 5/11/1922

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