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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44549111 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47611854 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 57296 BRANSON 3133702 Nelson L. 325 Rank Washington Organization 79th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Co, 314th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 11/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/10/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 534  2926 Grave #79, Sec. D, Plot 2, Amer. Cty., Souilly, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Emily Branson, (Mother), c/o Canadian Bank of Commerce, Victoria, B.C. Canada. Notified Emergency Address 12/14/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-1773   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Plat No.:  D-187    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  37 Row:   18 Block:   H Authority File No. D:  60495 Reburied (date):  10/18/1921 E/A notified (date):  2/26/1923

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