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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44905655 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47644848 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 70238 MCDONALD 794669 James D. 245 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 15th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 8/17/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/17/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1666  8294 Grave # 16, Amer. B/A Cty., Frapelle, Vosges Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/20/1921 Cemetery 1666  30199 In:  Grave 32, American Cemetery, Frapelle, Vosges Emergency Address Miss Iona Mc Donald, (Sister), Gainsville, Fla. Notified Emergency Address 12/28/1918, Renot: 6/4/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-39905   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Mr. John Mc Donald, Scott St., Corinth Miss. (Father) (Beneficiary), F115 10-20-20   Plat No.:  A-401    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/27/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/28/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/14/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #53 on 10/25/1921 Shipped on 11/1/1921 to John W. McDonald, 904 Scott St., Corinth, Miss. Received at Destination  on 11/5/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/11/1922

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