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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44548375 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47611077 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 43758 BORST 280733 James Ray 302 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company I, 126th Infantry Killed in Action 10/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  10/18/1918 Grave #27, Cmme. 270,Gesnes,Meuse,Sht.35NE, C.L. 270-878  35 NE: E 307.1 N282.3 C.L. 270-878 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 999  3097 Grave #21, American B/A Cty., Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 1232  10727 In:  Grave 35, Section 93, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address J.H. Borst, (Father), 147 Mechanic St., Big Rapids, Mich., Form 8 sent for present status 5-14-19. OVER F115 5-4-21 S - 19/ sec 93 ADB nyc AB HN R.V-2. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 4/9/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8 sent for present status 5-14-19, F-115-5-4-21(S - 19)Sec 93   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/9/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/11/1921 to J.H. Borst, 147 Mechanic St., Big Rapids, Mich. Received at Destination  on 10/13/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 4/4/1922

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