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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44546560 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609097 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 53880 BENSON Leo A. 312 Rank Illinois Organization 80th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Second Lieutenant Company F, 320th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 11/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 586  3572 Grave 105, Section E, Plot 2,American Cty., Les Islettes, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1232  10984 In:  Grave 138, Section 81, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Benson (Mother), 4456 Lockwood St., Los Angeles, Calif., Single Sailed May 28, 1930 - President Roosevelt Notified Emergency Address 4/14/1919, Form 107: 3/1/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-32721   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Pre. reptd: Pawnee, Ill., Form 8, 2/28/19, Pre. reptd. Pawnee, Ill., F115 4-18-21 S#18   Plat No.:  A-167    Burial Case File:  View on NARA website   Download PDF Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  34 Row:   32 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  31350 Reburied (date):  10/19/1921 E/A notified (date):  9/24/1923

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