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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44827605 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47622141 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 40620 DITTUS 2337946 Samuel H. 298 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company A, 4th Infantry Killed in Action 10/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/12/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-178  6289 Grave 1, Isolated Grave, Cmme. Cierges, Meuse, 35NE E309.2 N281.2   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12359 In:  Grave 25, Section 107, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Nettie Crammer, (Sister), 443 - South Christian St., Lancaster, Pa., 6-16-20. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /5/192620, Returned, Form 107: 6/16/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-22548   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8W sent 3-8-20 for NR., F115 - 5-2-21 (S-52) sec 107   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/5/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/6/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #52 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/24/1921 to Stephen J. Dittus, 345 Howard Ave, Lancaster, Pa. Received at Destination  on 10/24/1921 by Above

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