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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44555871 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47619034 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 16933 COLSTON 2819847 John Q. 252 Rank North Carolina Organization 92nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company M, 365th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/3/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 312  1715 Grave #20., French Civ. Cty., St. Die, Vosges. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/12/1921 Cemetery 312  30077 In:  Grave 43, French Communal Cemetery, St. Die, Vosges Emergency Address Mrs. Henrietta Colston (Mother), Wadesboro, N.C. Notified Emergency Address 5/20/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-39847   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 3/4/19, F#115 10-23-20   Plat No.:  A-390    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  24 Row:   21 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  60110 Reburied (date):  10/13/1921 E/A notified (date):  5/4/1922

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