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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44977770 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47446172 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 79960 WHITMAN 304975 Ralph Francis 512 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 47th Company 5th Regiment US Mar Died of Wounds Received in Action 6/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-21  22281 ISOLATED GRAVE in southeastern part of Bois de la Brigade de Marines at edge of old field., Cmme. Bouresches, Aisne., 49NE E176 N261.212   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/4/1926 Cemetery 608  corr. 5/14/26 In:  American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne, Body held in Morgue Emergency Address Mrs. Jennie Whitman-mother, 7 Adams St., Mechanicsville, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F115 3975   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/4/1926 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Le Havre Shipped to Brooklyn, New York on 10/4/1926 aboard the Vincent Arrived at Brooklyn, New York on 10/17/1926 Shipped to Mrs. Jennie Whitman, 7 Adams St., Mechanicsville, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 10/18/1926 by Above

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