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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44969597 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47680275 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 74564 STAPLES 1821462 Howard V. 395 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 145th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/1/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 783  3765 Grave 30, American B/A Cty., Montfaucon, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/28/1919 Cemetery 1232  11018 In:  Grave 65, Section 37, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Frank Staples (Mother), RFD #1, Dumbarton, Va. Notified Emergency Address 3/8/1919, Form 107: 2/13/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-20989   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 4-20-21 S #181   Plat No.:  A-264    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/26/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #51 on 9/13/1921 Shipped on 9/22/1921 to J. W. Bliley, 302 E. Marshall St., Richmond, Va. Received at Destination  on 9/23/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/15/1921

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