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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44838471 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47631869 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 55452 FORD Benjamin P. 320 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Second Lieutenant Company L, 352nd Infantry Explosion hand grenade 10/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/29/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 239  1433 Grave 1, Officers Plot, French Military, Beuthwiller, Alsace Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-45420   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 sent 3/4/19 for NR   Plat No.:  A-383    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 11/15/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 1/30/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/1/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/14/1921 to Preston Burroughs, Main St., Madison, N.J. Received at Destination  on 6/14/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/18/1922

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