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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44920502 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47656754 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 91893 MURTHA 1016461 James A. 454 SP 64 Rank New Jersey Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company K, 28th Infantry Killed in Action 10/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/5/1918 - 10/13/1918 CITED: in G.O. 1, 1st Div. 1-1-20 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1797  20068 Grave #45, Plot B., Amer. B/A Cty., Exermont, Ardennes., 35SE E302.78 N279.8   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/2/1919 Cemetery 1232  11046 In:  Grave 9, Section 17, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Emma Murtha (Mother), 332 Point North St., Camden, N.J. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 1/27/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-7340   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 3-23-21 (S126) Sec 17   Plat No.:  A-306    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  1 Row:   14 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  30974 Reburied (date):  2/16/1922 E/A notified (date):  6/8/1923

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