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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44951768 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47671476 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 86277 RIESTER 3195820 John W.D. Det. 416 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 316th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/1/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1690  9160 Grave #31;, Amer. B/A Cty., Nantillois, Meuse/ Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  3/27/1919 Cemetery 1232  10946 In:  Grave 115, Section 4, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Annie Riester, (Mother), 2736 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address Form 36: 6/5/1919, Form 21A: 2/27/1919, Form 107: 1/22/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv. rpt. DD 10/1/18, Form -12 2-1-19, F115 - 3-14-21 (S 152) Sec 4   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/14/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/9/1921 to Mrs. Annie Reister, 2736 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 8/9/1921 by Above

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