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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44544219 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47606891 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 41113 BACKUS Charles F. 295 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Second Lieutenant Headquarters Detachment Aviation Sec Aeroplane Accident 10/18/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/19/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 32  367 Grave 129, Amer. Cty., Issoudun, Indre Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Charles F. Backus, Father, 52 Seward Ave., Detroit, Mich. Notified Emergency Address 12/3/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. A 7375   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 11/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 12/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/28/1921 aboard the Crook Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #57 on 1/14/1922 Shipped on 1/26/1922 to Charles F. Baskus, c/o Geist & Son (Undertaker), Detroit, Mich. Received at Destination  on 1/27/1922 by Above. Per V. Geist & Son Emergency address notified on 11/29/1922

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