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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44555483 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47618260 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 5138 COLBURN 1680001 Homer N. 194 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 308th Infantry Killed in Action 6/24/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 6/26/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 272  1652 Grave 2, French Mil. Cty., Badonviller, M-et-M. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Colburn,(Mother), RFD 5, Holley, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 8/15/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D 39519   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 10-28-20 (4)   Plat No.:  A-344    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/15/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/7/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/1/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/1/1921 to Mr. Charles Colburn, Morton, N.Y. Received at Destination by Above Emergency address notified on 5/18/1922

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