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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44549124 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47611867 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 72264 BRANTON 1448014 Ralph L. 278 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company D., 137th Infantry Killed in Action 9/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/30/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1693  9088 Grave #6, Plot E, American B/A Cty., Neuvilly, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/22/1919 Cemetery 1232  10759 In:  Grave 15, Section 6, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Marie Lupton, (Mother), 313 W. Francis, Wichita, Kans., Beneficiary Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /5/192620 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-4086   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 sent 6/12/19 for present status., F115 - 3/19/21 21 - Sec 6   Plat No.:  A-158    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 8/8/1921 to Wichita Undertaking Co., Wichita, Kans. Received at Destination  on 8/12/1921 by above, per J. A. Downing Emergency address notified on 2/3/1922

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