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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44542031 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47604579 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 22558 ADKINS 102575 Ben H. 269 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company M, 168th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/13/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-135  9097 Isolated, Grave #1, Cmme St. Baussant, Meurthe et Moselle. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/9/1919 Cemetery 1233  11107 In:  Grave 47, Section 12, Plot 1, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mr. T.H. Adkins, (Father), Fairfield, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address 12/14/1918, 107/11/19 Form 211: 9 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-17279   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 1/21/21 17   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/19/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/23/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/6/1921 Shipped on 6/14/1921 to Henry Adkins, Fairfield, Iowa. Received at Destination  on 6/18/1921 by Above

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