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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44825993 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47620552 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 44351 DEMPSEY 1282632 Benjamin 301 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 11th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 10/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/12/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-228  5751 Isolated grave #1, Cmme Haumont, pres-Samogneux, Meuse, 35 SE E328.1 N278.09   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12047 In:  Grave 110, Section 103, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Pauline Dempsey,, 301 Birt Ave., Trenton, N. J. Notified Emergency Address 12/29/1918, Form 107: 3/10/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-9253   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F-115 - 5-11-21 (S-53) Sec 102   Plat No.:  C-221    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/8/1921 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 10/13/1921 to Mrs. Pauline Dempsey Most, 309 Bert Ave., Trenton, N. J. Received at Destination  on 10/13/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 5/9/1922

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