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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44914887 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47652627 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 31240 MEYER Russell J. 275 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant Company M, 146th Infantry Killed in Action 9/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/30/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-238  5398 Grave Unknown, Isolated, Commune of Montfaucon, (Meuse), 35 SE E309.9 N275.75   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/14/1919 Cemetery 1232  12078 In:  Grave 51, Section 56, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Helen M. Smith (Sister), 1317 Nicholson Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address 1/31/1919, Form 107: 3/3/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-30405   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 4/28/21 95 - Sec 56   Plat No.:  A-280    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/15/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/24/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 9/27/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  4325 Section:   Southern Division Reburied (date):  10/3/1921 E/A notified (date):  12/21/1921

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