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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44881319 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47649226 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 23746 HIGHTOWER 1305464 George G. 276 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 113 Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 725  1077 Grave 25, Plot A, Row 2, Old Hickory #2 Mil. Cemetery, Bellicourt, Aisne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/6/1919 Cemetery 636  11707 In:  Grave 177, Row 7, Plot A, American Cemetery, Flanders Field, Bony, Aisne Emergency Address Mr. Robert Hightower, Father., Murfreesboro,Tenn. Notified Emergency Address 4/2/1919, Form 107: 1/12/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5229 Photograph No. B-10920   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F. 12, sent 2-25-19   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/7/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 3/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/21/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #39 on 4/3/1921 Shipped on 4/19/1921 to Robert H. Hightower, Murfreesboro, Tenn. Received at Destination  on 4/23/1921 by Above

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