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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44842347 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47632811 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 109923 FRANCIS 2048303 William H. 566 AG 201 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company H, 18th Infantry Killed in Action 10/4/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-246  9942 Grave #3, Isolated Grave, Chatel Chehery, Ardennes, 35 SE E301.8 N279.6   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12340 In:  Grave 135, Section 102, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Sarah Dyer, (Mother), 600 Fairbanks St., Iron Mountain, Mich. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/16/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-24369   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F-8-w sent 11-18-19 for CC number F-8-w sent for NR 3-13-20 F-8-W-A for DD 6/25/21, F115 - 5/11/21 66 Sec 102   Plat No.:  A-323    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/27/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #51 on 9/12/1921 Shipped on 9/27/1921 to Henry Dyer, Iron Mountain, Mich. Received at Destination  on 9/30/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 3/28/1922

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