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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551677 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47614289 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 85620 BUTTS 1448682 Chester J. 433 S.P. 145 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company G, 137th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 737  1813 Grave 14, Amer. B/A Cty., Apremont, Ardennes. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/21/1919 Cemetery 1232  10679 In:  Grave 184, Section 2, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Henry C. Butts, (Father), Steelville, Missouri. Notified Emergency Address 3/11/1919, Form 107: Dec 30, 1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D 3426   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form No. 8 sent 2/26/19. Recd. 4/8/18., F115-3-12-21 Sec 2   Plat No.:  A-139    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/7/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #48 on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 8/2/1921 to Henry Clay Butt, Keysville, Mo. Received at Destination  on 8/6/1921 by R. M. Burke Emergency address notified on 12/7/1921

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