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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44912859 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47650859 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 43380 MATTHEWS 37103 John L. 300 AG-201 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 148th Aero Squadron Accidentally Killed in Collision. 10/16/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/18/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 770  4383 Grave 27, Fr. Communal Cty., Esquennoy, (Oise) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  10/9/1919 Cemetery 170  20016 In:  Grave 25, Plot E, American Cemetery, Bonvillers, Oise Emergency Address Wm. W. Matthews, Brother, 2037 Higbee St., Memphis, Tenn. Notified Emergency Address 12/28/1918, Form 107: 2/20/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-13881   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/31/1921 to Wm Wirt Matthews, % Liberty Hardware & Furniture Co., Wills Point, Texas Received at Destination  on 4/4/1921 by Above

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