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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44971868 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47443063 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 17025 VAN OYEN 102688 August 252 Rank Iowa Organization 42nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company M, 168th Infantry Killed in Action 7/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 7/16/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1676  8363 Grave #33, Amer. B/A Cty., Suippes, Marne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/9/1919 Cemetery 1232  11313 In:  Grave 70, Section 48, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Emil Tyhs (Friend), 804 Grimes St., Fairfield, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: 5/12/1919, Form 36: 6/4/1919, Form 107: 2/25/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-26140   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 - 3/3/19, F115 - 4-20-21 (S179) Sec 48   Plat No.:  D-91    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  1 Row:   43 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  31206 Reburied (date):  11/17/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/2/1923

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