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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44838486 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47631883 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 61917 FORD 914210 Christopher S. 335 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 7th Engineers Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/13/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/14/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1088  2471 Grave 52, Plot D, Amer. B/A Cty., Very, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/7/1919 Cemetery 1232  10640 In:  Grave 44, Section 42, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Lucy Ford Mother, 2074 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 2/23/1919, Renotified 3/12/1919, Form 107: 2/24/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-26901   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 4-9-21 (S 61) sec 42   Plat No.:  A-227    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/14/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/6/1921 to Thos. L. Kearns, 1504 Bushwick Ave., Bklyn. NY Received at Destination  on 8/6/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/16/1921

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