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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44555959 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47619198 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 84359 COMPTON 1452182 Letcher C. 317 501 Sub Par 25 Rank Missouri Organization 35th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Second Lieutenant Company D, 140th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune AWARDED: D.S.C. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-209  22023 Isolated shell hole in hedge alongside wagon road., Cmme. Exermont, Ardennes, Map Foret d'Argenne E302.31 N279.95   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/21/1925 Cemetery 1232  Corr. & F-16A 6/11 & 5/25/25 In:  Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Held in Morgue Emergency Address Mrs. Cornelia Compton, (Mother), 405 East Adams St.,Kirkwood, Mo., Single Sailed Aug. 19, 1930 - George Washington Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks:   Burial Case File:  View on NARA website   Download PDF Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  28 Row:   43 Block:   H Authority File No. D:  22066 Reburied (date):  9/8/1925 E/A notified (date):  11/4/1925

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