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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44881316 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47649224 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 79383 HIGHTOWER 3171046 Alpheus L. 342 SP 7 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 110th Infantry Killed in Action 10/8/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune C-256  10/11/1918 Grave 5, Plot 1, Isolated, Cmme Chatel Chehery, Ardennes, Map 35 SW  E297.35, N279.2 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/13/1919 Cemetery 1232  12146 In:  Grave 54, Section 100, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Mary E. Hightower, Mother, Union Level, Va. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/23/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-28810   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F. 8-W sent 3-9-20 for EA., F115 - 5/9/21 76 - Sec 100   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/20/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/8/1921 to J. H. Hightower, South Hill, Va. Received at Destination  on 9/9/1921 by J. H. Hightower, Emergency address notified on 12/31/1921

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