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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44830747 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47624733 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 24244 DURFEE 1450728 George H. 275 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Musician Third Class Headquarters Company 138th Infantry Killed in Action 9/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/28/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1691  9164 Grave 17, Amer. B/A Cty., Cheppy-sur-Meuse, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/23/1919 Cemetery 1232  10283 In:  Grave 124, Section 7, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Frank Durfee, Father, Waterloo, Ill. Notified Emergency Address Form 36: 5/29/1919, Form 21A: 2/16/1919, 107/1/191720 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-2646   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 3/14/21 Sec 7   Plat No.:  A-101    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/21/1922 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 2/27/1922 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/19/1922 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #60 on 3/29/1922 Shipped on 4/13/1922 to Frank Durfee, Waterloo, Ill. Received at Destination  on 4/15/1922 by Above Emergency address notified on 6/23/1922

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