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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44863493 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47640851 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 1943 GRIFFITH 2564 Oscar C. 119 Rank Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Ambulance Company 12, Sanitary Train Killed in Action 4/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 4/27/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 176  2631 Grave #77, Plot E, Amer. Cty., Villers- Tournelle, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/14/1919 Cemetery 176  12438 In:  Grave 63, Section C, American Cemetery, Villers-Tournelle, Somme Emergency Address Mr. Andrew W. Griffith, (Father), RFD #3; Gadsden, Ala. Notified Emergency Address 5/31/1918, Form 107: 1/8/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5331 Photograph No. B -14343   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Burial Case File:  View on NARA website   Download PDF Removal Project Information Body disinterred 11/22/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/29/1921 to Andrew W. griffiths, % Woodliff Und., Gadsden, Ga. Received at Destination  on 3/31/1921 by Above

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