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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547439 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609957 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 55260 BLACKDEN 118464 Earl Benjamin 458 SP#1 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal 20th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 6/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 573  Grave #21, Amer. B/A Cty., Lucy-le-Bocage, Aisne. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS Form #16 Grave #21, Plot 62, Myers, 5oo meters from Lucy la Bocage on Lucy Torcy road E174.76 N260.9   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 1764  20312 In:  Grave 20, Section G, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mr. Perry D. Blackden, (Father), Gen. Del., Medford, Oregon. Notified Emergency Address 4/25/1919, 107/6/191220 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. F-20127   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 2/10/21 176   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/16/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/17/1921 to Thos M Goudy & Son, 459 Broadway, Everett, Mass. Received at Destination  on 9/18/1921 by Above

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