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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44548579 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47611313 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 36973 BOWER 2288499 James R. 291 Rank California Organization 91st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 362nd Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune AWARDED -D.S.C. for extraordinary heroism in action near Gesnes, France, 9-29-18 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-270  7829 Isolated Grave #9, Cmme. Gesnes, Meuse, 35 NE E305.4 N282.3   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/12/1919 Cemetery 1232  12064 In:  Grave 103, Section 57, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. James M. Bower, (Father), 105 S. Mentor Ave., Pasadena, Cal. Notified Emergency Address Form 21a: 4/25/1919, Form 36: 5/15/1919, Form 107: 3/5/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 for NR 2-28-19., F. 115 - 5-3-21 - 24   Burial Case File:  View on NARA website   Download PDF Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  23 Row:   9 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  31252 Reburied (date):  11/8/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/15/1923

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