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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44955514 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47673524 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 60006 RUESS 3629356 Willard B. 348 Rank Virginia Organization 79th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 314th Infantry Killed in Action 11/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-228  5710 Grave 8, Isolated, Cmme. of Haumont pres Samogneux, Meuse, 35 NE E327.02 N279.91   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/9/1919 Cemetery 1232  11394 In:  Grave 27, Section 35, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs.Lottie L. Ruess, (Wife), 105 W. Marshall St., Richmond, Va. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 1/28/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-21131   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 4-4-21 (S167) Sec 35   Plat No.:  B-190    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  28 Row:   24 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  31113 Reburied (date):  12/10/1921 E/A notified (date):  7/10/1923

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