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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44878922 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47646633 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 88998 HAYS 2178139 Oben E. 545 Rank Missouri Organization 35th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 129th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1009  2963 Grave 18, Amer. B/A, Baulny, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/6/1919 Cemetery 1232  11010 In:  Grave 167, Section 39, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Jewell Hays., Sister., Wellsville, Mo. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/26/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-21905   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: By Auth. of AGO let. 2-11-20 80, #8 sent 5-16-19 for present status. By Auth. of AGO let. 2-11-20, F115 4-6-21   Plat No.:  A-148    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  8 Row:   19 Block:   G Authority File No. D:  30682 Reburied (date):  12/16/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/9/1922

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