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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44546921 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609453 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 109420 BEST 2915399 Henry A. 583-104 AGO-201 Other notations: 1/4/1930 Rank Mississippi Organization 4th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 58th Infantry Killed in Action 9/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/23/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-230  22618 Shell-hole grave just south of wagon road running NE-SW in Bois de Brieulles, about 400 meters from Nantillois-Brieulles road, Cmme. Brieulles-sur-Meuse, Meuse E313.06 N282.68   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  9/11/1930 Cemetery 1232  corr. 9/25/1929 In:  Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Body held in morgue Emergency Address Frank F. Best (Father) deceased, Woodville, Mississippi, deceased 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 S.487 (1-9-30)   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  27 Row:   42 Block:   E Authority File No. D:  22627 Reburied (date):  1/30/1930 E/A notified (date):  2/15/1930

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