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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44898298 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47639463 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 80351 LESTER 1482384 Ben 303 SP 57 Rank Texas Organization 36th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 141st Infantry Killed in Action 10/8/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/12/1918 AWARDED - French Croix de Guerre with silver star Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 803  828 Grave 24, Amer. Battlefield Cty., St. Etienne-a Arnes, Ardennes Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12029 In:  Grave 173, Section 91, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address The Ben Lester Estate, Libe, Texas. Notified Emergency Address 2/7/1919, 3/1/1920 107 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-27997   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Mr. Tom E. Lester (uncle) 1208 Bellview St. Dallas, Texas, Form #8, 2/28/19, F.115 4-20-21 S#122   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  4 Row:   38 Block:   H Authority File No. D:  31406 Reburied (date):  9/22/1921 E/A notified (date):  9/29/1923

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