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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44966341 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47440931 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 10242 THOMAS 1413241 Howard S. 227 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 59th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 8/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/8/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 361  9692 Grave #68, American B-A Cem., Chierry-Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/10/1919 Cemetery 608  11774 In:  Grave 175, Section E, Plot 4, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Lizzie Thomas (Mother), 154 1/2-First St. Dubuque Ind., Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 12/12/1919, Oct 26, 1918 R.B. Sketch No. 5882 Photograph No. F-18697   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F#115-12-17-20 (S-3209), F#115- 12-17-20 (S-3209)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/20/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #47 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/2/1921 to Mr. Andrew Thomas, 710 Iowa St., Dubuque, Iowa Received at Destination  on 8/4/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/6/1922

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