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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44548451 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47611185 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 36966 BOTKIN 1457998 Jay 289 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 139th 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 C-293  4140 Grave #6, Isolated Graves, Cmme. Apremont, Ardennes. 35 SE E301.5 N278.95   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/10/1919 Cemetery 1232  12304 In:  Grave 4, Section 60, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. S.C. Rett, )Mother), RFD #1, Wellington, Kans. Notified Emergency Address 1/25/1919, Form 107: 2/25/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-31934   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 5/13/1921   Plat No.:  A-139    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #51 on 9/13/1921 Shipped on 10/3/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 10/4/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  2459 Section:   European Reburied (date):  10/13/1921 E/A notified (date):  12/23/1921

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