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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44826314 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47620870 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 108741 DERBY 2176430 John Francis 569 Rank Kansas Organization 35th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company K, 140th Infantry Killed in Action 9/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-209  22059 Isolated grave in open field of Bois de Montrebeau, Cmme. Exermont, Ardennes Map Foret d'Argonne E302.42 N279.69   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  8/10/1925 Cemetery 1232  corr 8/25/25 In:  Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Body held in Morgue Emergency Address John Derby - father, Box 205 Frontenac, Kansas, Single Mother - Mrs. Eughemia Derby, 2402 E. 29th St., Kansas City, Mo. - 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:   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  5 Row:   43 Block:   H Authority File No. D:  22220 Reburied (date):  2/2/1926 E/A notified (date):  6/9/1926

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