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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44842408 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47632837 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 56394 FRANCOIS 286479 Joseph Christopher 323 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 23rd Company /B/, 6th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 11/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-521  4638 Grave # 4, Isolated. Cmme Beaumont, Ardennes, SHT 24 SE E305.45 N305.35   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  3/7/1919 Cemetery 1203  11377 In:  Grave 57, Section 3, Plot 2, Sedan American Cemetery, Latanne, Ardennes Emergency Address Mrs. Katherine Francois, (Mother), 422 Bolir St., St. Paul, Minn., Previously reported as Francois, Joseph G. Authority for correction from Marine Corps 10/1/20. Notified Emergency Address 5/9/1919, Form 107: 1/5/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-6605   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Previously reported as Francois, Joseph G. authority for correction from Marine Corps 10/1/20., F115 9-27-20   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/10/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/28/1921 to Joseph M. Francois, 422 Blair St., St. Paul. Minn. Received at Destination  on 3/30/1921 by J. A. Wilberscheid

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