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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44546547 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609084 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 52185 BENSON 3138973 Edward 313 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company I, 111th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 11/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/6/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 233  2467 Grave # 86, Amer. Mil. Cty. Vertuzey, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/20/1919 Cemetery 1233  11904 In:  Grave 112, Section 22, Plot 3, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Eric J. Benson, (Father), Route #2, Enumclaw, Wash., Beneficiary Notified Emergency Address 12/11/1918, Form 107: 12/2/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-19030   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 1/22/21   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/4/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/30/1921 to Enumclaw Home Und., Parlors, Enumclaw, Wash. Received at Destination  on 8/4/1921 by Above. By Z. H. Madden.

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