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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44896142 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47636764 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 22180 LANG 1279584 Arthur 263 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 114th Infantry Accidental explosion grenade 9/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/15/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 239  1433 Grave 5, Enlst. Plot, French Mil. Cty., Beuthwiller, Alsace Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. William Lang, (father), Wayne, N.J. Notified Emergency Address 12/14/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-45433   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Plat No.:  A-383    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 11/15/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 1/30/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 5/1/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 5/28/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination by D.R. Wolverton. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  1609 Section:   European Reburied (date):  6/2/1921 E/A notified (date):  1/20/1922

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