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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547457 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609975 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 32595 BLACKSTEN 251816 William G. 288 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Wagoner 6th Engineers Train Killed in Action 10/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1046  2331 Grave #43, Plot B, Amer. B/A Cty., Malancourt, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/9/1919 Cemetery 1232  10212 In:  Grave 129, Section 52, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address E.E. Blacksten, (Brother) (Benef), R.R. #9, Battle Creek, Mich., Benef Notified Emergency Address 2/11/1919, Form 107: 1/17/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-31772   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 8 W-A sent 8-30-21, F115 4-22-21 S#8   Plat No.:  A-284    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/8/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/14/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 9/16/1921 by Asa Irwin. Emergency address notified on 12/21/1921 Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3525 Section:   European (White) Reburied (date):  9/29/1921 E/A notified (date):  12/21/1921

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