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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44883421 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47651799 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 105044 HOPTA 117684 Joseph Lee 506 SP 38 Rank New Jersey Organization 2nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant 55th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 11/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune AWARDED - D.S.C. Navy Cross, Fr. Med. Militre, Fr. Croix de Guette, BS, It. Croix de Guerre Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-521  4638 Isolated, Grave 5, Cmme. Beaumont, Ardennes, 24 SE E305.45 N305.35   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  3/7/1919 Cemetery 1203  11377 In:  Grave 47, Section 3, Plot 2, Sedan American Cemetery, Latanne, Ardennes Emergency Address Mr. John Hopta, (Father), Newark, N.J.( 491 Mulberry St.) Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 6/10/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-3553   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: #8-W sent 1-5-20, 1/5/1920, 9/27/1920   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  36 Row:   18 Block:   E Authority File No. D:  60432 Reburied (date):  11/10/1921

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