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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44826371 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47620928 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 39129 DERRICK 305685 John Leon 297 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 80th Company, 6th Marines Killed in Action 10/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-262  1562 Grave 1, Map 34 SE, Isolated Graves, Somme-Py, Marne. E266.3 N280.85   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1232  10953 In:  Grave 42, Section 84, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. John H. Derrick, (Father), Clayton, Ga. Notified Emergency Address 1/24/1919, Form 107: 3/3/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-33783   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: prev. rept. as John L. org. as Co .G, 6th Marines   Plat No.:  D-98    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/6/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/6/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/13/1921 to Mr. John D. Derrick, Box 3, Clayton, Ca. Received at Destination  on 10/16/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 4/4/1922

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