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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44557261 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47621692 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 87166 CRAIN 1906253 Wilford E. 335 Rank Illinois Organization 82nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company D, 327th Infantry Killed in Action 10/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 854  3418 Grave 9, Plot 3, American B/A Cty., Chatel Chehery, Ardennes. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/8/1919 Cemetery 1232  10223 In:  Grave 97, Section 8, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. F. M. Crain (Father), Whittington, Ill., PERMANENT AMER CITY INTERMENT See Reverse Side of Card Notified Emergency Address 6/2/1919 RTD, Form 107: FEB 12, 1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-2859   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 12. 2/27/19, F115 3-18-21   Plat No.:  D-27    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  2 Row:   7 Block:   E Authority File No. D:  30905 Reburied (date):  2/17/1922 E/A notified (date):  3/21/1923

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