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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44555238 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47617799 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 78744 COBBS 1289497 William O. 440 SP 131 Rank Virginia Organization 29th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company L., 116th Infantry Killed in Action 10/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-285  7009 Grave 2, Isolated Grave., Consenvoye, Meuse, 35 NE E325.7 N281.59   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1232  10303 In:  Grave 35, Section 81, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Jesse L. Jones, (Sister), 504 Federal St., Lynchburg, Va., Widow Remarried - Mother - Mrs. Mary E.O. Cobbs, Lynchburg, Va. - Sailed July 2, 1930 - America Notified Emergency Address 4/26/1919, Form 107: 1/17/1920, Form 107: /9/191420 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-32390   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Cause of death wounds received in action CC 496 SP 62 SP 236 CC 441 gives date of death 10-16-18 and cause of death to be determined. M sent 3/4/19 for n/r, F115-4-18-21 (S34) sec 81   Plat No.:  B-325    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  26 Row:   9 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  31347 Reburied (date):  10/17/1921 E/A notified (date):  9/19/1923

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