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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44882471 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47650627 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 45167 HOFSTETTER 1631512 Ben J. 305 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company H, 308th Infantry Killed in Action 10/8/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/13/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 745  2734 Grave 35, Plot B, Amer. Cty., Binarville, Marne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  3/28/1919 Cemetery 1232  10719 In:  Grave 119, Section 5, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Catherine Hofstetter, Mother, Hayden, Colorado. Notified Emergency Address 1/27/1919, 1/23/1920 107 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-4238   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #48 on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/20/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 7/22/1921 by D.R. Wolverton Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3076 Section:   European Reburied (date):  7/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  12/7/1921

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