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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44893507 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47633705 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 13439 KNIGHTON 98000 John H. 243 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 167th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 8/3/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 276  Grave #180, Amer. Cty., Chateau Montauglaust at Mouroux, Seine-et-Marne Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 276  21227 Grave #180, American Cemetery, Mouroux, S-et-M. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address J. L. Knighton, (Father), Townsend, Miss. Notified Emergency Address 10/26/1918, Form 107: 1/11/19 Form 21: R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle   Yes   Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rept. M.G. 167th Inf., DD as W/A., F115-2-10-21(S-114)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/14/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 5/23/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 6/6/1921 Shipped on 6/29/1921 to National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss. Received at Destination  on 7/2/1921 by G. P. Thornton, Supt. N. Cty. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Vicksburg National Cemetery, Mississippi Grave:  6503-A Section:   L Reburied (date):  7/1/1921

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