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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44553941 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47616404 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 26190 CHESTER 1208465 Benjamin 278 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company K, 106th Infantry Killed in Action 9/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS F-16 Isolated Grave #27 on Felter Field, Sketch #45, Commune Kemmel, West Flanders (Dept) Lille 5 NW. E156.1 N456.2   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/4/1919 Cemetery 323  11520 In:  Grave 29, Row C, Plot 32, Lijassenthoek British Military Cemetery, Poperinghe, West Flanders Emergency Address Mrs. Benjamin Chester, (Wife), 129 Alabama Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 6/10/1919, Form 107: /11/191219 R.B. Sketch No. 6174 Photograph No. B-6693   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board   Yes   Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F #115, 3-12-20.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/14/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 2/28/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/21/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/3/1921 Shipped on 4/12/1921 to Isaac Chester, 328 Glenmore Ave., Bklyn, N. Y. Received at Destination  on 4/12/1921 by Mark of above,

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