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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44547647 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47610164 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 84547 BLANTON 1996815 Arthur 511 SP 102 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company H, 116th Infantry Killed in Action 10/23/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/13/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 932  3515 Grave 9, Amer. B/A Cty, Etraye, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/8/1919 Cemetery 1232  10223 In:  Grave 104, Section 8, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Henry Blanton, (Father), Bromo, Kentucky. Notified Emergency Address 6/18/1919, Form 107: 1/15/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-2856   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form No. 8 sent 4/30/19., F115-3-21-21 (S18) Sec 8   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/15/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 9/8/1921 to Henry C. Blanton, Mt. Vernon, Ky. Received at Destination  on 9/11/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/4/1922

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