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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44969524 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47442134 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 85970 TROST 3111128 John W. 583 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 315th. Infantry, Machine Gun Company Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  10/1/1918 Cmme of Montfaucon, Meuse, C-238, Sht.35 SE., Coord.,,Near highway between Montfaucon and Nantillois Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS.,Fm.16 Isolated Grave, Montfaucon, Meuse, 35 SE. E310.2 N279.5   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12184 In:  Grave 34, Section 103, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Adelaide Trost, (Mother), 2805 N. 12th.Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/9/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-24398   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F-115 - 5-10-21 (S193) Sec 103   Plat No.:  A-154    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/12/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 10/21/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/26/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #55 on 12/7/1921 Shipped on 12/20/1921 to Mrs. Adelaide Trost, 2805 N.12th. St., Philadelphia, Pa. Received at Destination  on 12/20/1921 by George M. Barrett Emergency address notified on 2/1/1922

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