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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44893594 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47633807 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 18230 KNOWLES 569057 John W. 278 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company E, 4th Engineers Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/30/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 993  7285 Grave 8, Amer. B/A Cty., Septsarges, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/5/1919 Cemetery 1232  10226 In:  Grave 170, Section 31, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Ella Knowles, (Mother), Belle Plain, Kans. Notified Emergency Address 1/24/1919, Form 107: 1/15/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-22823   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115, Sec. 31. 4-5-21 102   Plat No.:  A-305    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #51 on 9/12/1921 Shipped on 9/22/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Wash, D. C. Received at Destination  on 9/23/1921 by D. R. Wolverton, Capt. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  654 Section:   European Reburied (date):  10/8/1920 E/A notified (date):  3/22/1922

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