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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44897185 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47638079 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 24793 LAY 839066 James A. 269 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 53rd Ammunition Train Lobar Pneumonia 9/27/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/29/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 212  125 Grave 32, Amer. Cty., Vauclaire, Dordogne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Harriett B. Lay, (Mother), Stephensville, Texas. Notified Emergency Address 3/19/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. K-852   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board   Yes   Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 12 - 2/26/19, 4-22-20 - F-115.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/22/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Bordeaux on 10/26/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/29/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 12/23/1920 to W. J. Lay, Stephenville, Texas. Received at Destination  on 1/28/1920 by Above

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