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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44965954 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47440782 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 79760 THATCHER 2410688 John 303 SP 56 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Headquarters Company 309th Infantry Killed in Action 10/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-138  5344 Grave 1, Isolated Grave., Thiaucourt, M et M, Map 52NE. E364.5 N241.3   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/25/1919 Cemetery 1233  10441 In:  Grave 153, Section 6, Plot 3, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Sarah Thatcher (Mother), RFD Oxford Furnace N.J. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 2/20/1919, Form 107: 11/18/1919, Form 36: 5/21/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-16193   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F 115 - 2/5/21 3725   Plat No.:  C-165    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/4/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 9/14/1921 to National Cty., Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 9/16/1921 by Asa Irwin, Capt. Q.M.C. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3513 Section:   European Reburied (date):  9/29/1921 E/A notified (date):  1/9/1922

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