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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44841239 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47632360 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 73243 FOSTER 1448207 Lester O. 324 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company E, 137th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1356  3222 Grave #23, Amer. Row 2, French Mil., Fleury-sur-Aire, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/20/1919 Cemetery 1232  12173 In:  Grave 74, Section 105, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Marion Foster, (Father), 216 East Carpenter St., Hutchinson, Kan. Notified Emergency Address 3/7/1919, Form 107: 3/11/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-8887   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 5/13/21 54 - Sec 105   Plat No.:  D-210    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/8/1921 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 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/13/1921 to Mrs Ella Foster, 208 Park St., Hutchinson, Kansas. Received at Destination  on 10/17/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 6/11/1923

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