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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551409 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47614021 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 13000 BURSON 1388765 Leon S. 263 SP M. Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Medical Detachment 131st Infantry Killed in Action 8/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 443  2257, Row A., British Cty., Vaux Sur Somme. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS Form 16 Grave #40, Row A., Plot 1., Brit. Cty. Mil., Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/27/1919 Cemetery 443  11193 In:  Grave 2, Row B, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Vaux-sur-Somme, Somme Emergency Address Benjamin Burson (Father), Plano, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 1/3/1919, Form 107: 1/10/1920, 3/28/19 Form 21: Correction Letter R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-14622   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F-115 8-6-20 - 32   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/8/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 10/12/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/14/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #30 on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 12/28/1920 to Benjamin Burson, Plano, Ill Received at Destination  on 12/31/1920 by Above Emergency address notified on 4/10/1922

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