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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44833815 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47627781 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 54768 ESKER 1276985 John J. 318 Rank New Jersey Organization 29th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company K, 113th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/11/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-228  5723 Grave 2, Isolated Grave, Cmme of Haumont-pres-Samogneux, Meuse. 35 NE E326.84 N280.31   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12425 In:  Grave 109, Section 88, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Margaret Esker, (Mother), 286 Avenue A, Bayonne, N.J., Single Sailed July 26, 1930 - Republic Notified Emergency Address 12/29/1918, Form 107: 3/1/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5859 Photograph No. D-33441   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Mother's later E/A -- 21 E. 10th, Bayonne, N.J., F 115 - 4-12-21 (S.56) sec 88   Plat No.:  B-238    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  40 Row:   39 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  31399 Reburied (date):  10/15/1921 E/A notified (date):  10/2/1923

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