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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547575 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47610092 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 30506 BLAKSLEY 2217173 Eli 278 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company I, 39th Infantry Killed in Action 9/27/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1342  3277 Grave 73, Plot 3, Amer. B/A Cty, Dannevoux, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 1232  10725 In:  Grave 46, Section 97, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. L. F. Blakesley, (Father), Quinlan, Okla. Notified Emergency Address 5/22/1919, Form 107: 3/3/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 - 5491 Photograph No. D-27799   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Sn prev. rept. 556207 and DD 9-26-18 Corr. on auth of CC278 and 8-W-A, Form No. 12 sent 2/24/19, F115 4-21-21 sheet 17   Plat No.:  C-222    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/15/1921 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 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 9/9/1921 by D. R. Wolverton. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  2545 Section:   European Reburied (date):  9/15/1921 E/A notified (date):  12/31/1921

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