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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44832882 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47626653 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 4266 ELSTON 2357959 Thomas H. 177 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Wagoner 1st Company 23rd Engineers Tuberculosis 6/24/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 6/25/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 10  2408 Grave #40, Plot A, Amer. Cty., Chaumont, Haute, Marne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. C. H. Elston, (Father), Oswego, Ore. Notified Emergency Address 7/9/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-20314   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 7/10/20 - F#115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/5/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/8/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/26/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/4/1921 to C. H. Elston, c/o American Legion Post, #45, Amity, Oregon. Received at Destination  on 6/9/1921 by Above

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