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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44951840 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47671510 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 33649 RIGGS 305150 Russell 286 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 55th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 10/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1129  11272 Grave 102, Sec. B, Plot #2, Amer. Cty., St. Etienne a Arnes, Ardennes. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 1232  In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Riggs, Mother,, Irontown, Mo. Notified Emergency Address 3/31/1919, Form 107: 3/6/1920, Form 107: 12/10/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5188-5759 Photograph No. D 28624.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: prev. reptd. Co. H, 5th Marines, Form #12, sent 2-21-19, F115 - 5/2/21 165 - Sec 99   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/19/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/8/1921 to Mrs. Mary Riggs, Union Station, St. Louis, Mo. Received at Destination  on 9/12/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/3/1922

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