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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44941950 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47668882 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 1102 POTTS 147588 James E. 65 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class 117th Trench Mortar Battery Killed in Action 3/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 3/13/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 112  1662 Grave #1, French Communal Cty., Pexonne, M-et-M Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Miss J.E. Clark, (Cousin), Betterton, Md. Notified Emergency Address 5/7/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-39482   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle   Yes   Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F115 10-29-20 (28)   Plat No.:  A-355    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 9/15/1921 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 11/2/1921 to Walter A. Curry, 2906 Riggs Ave., Baltimore, Md. Received at Destination  on 11/3/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 10/11/1922

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