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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44882468 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47650625 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 75835 HOFSCHER 1827273 Francis B. 310 AG-201 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company H, 319th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 11/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 558  Grave No. 407, Plot B, Amer. B/A Cty., Chateau de Salvagange, Froidos, Meuse. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 558  3145 Amer. Mil. Cty., Grave 298, Chateau Salvage, Froidos, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12038 In:  Grave 12, Section 88, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Hofscher, Mother, 316 Edmond St., Pittsburgh, Pa., Mother Notified Emergency Address 3/3/1920 107 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Prv. rpt. Cpl. - CD GSW both thighs penetrating AGO letter 5-4-20 Rank verified 4/1/26, F-8-W-A 3/31/21, F115 4-26-21 Sheet 92   Plat No.:  D-202    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/16/1921 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 8/11/1921 to Mrs. Mary C. Hofscher, 316, Edmond St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Received at Destination  on 8/12/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/29/1921

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