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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44931812 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47663350 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 2887 NOBLE Ralph Matthews 150 544-60 Rank Illinois Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Second Lieutenant Infantry on duty as Observer with Bombardment Gr. #6, Brequet Squad #111 Killed in Action 5/14/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune AWARDED - Fr. Croix de Guerre with Palm Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-790  7431 Grave Number, -Single Grave, Commune of Caix, Somme, 21NE E133.7 N346.2   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 545  In:  Emergency Address Mr Willard Noble (Father) Mrs. Elsie Helen Noble (Mother), Sanborn Terrace #3, Galesburg, Ill., Single Sailed July 8, 1931 - President Harding Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-14701   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery Grave:  13 Row:   29 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  3-29-28, Form 3, 61271, 70173 Reburied (date):  8/26/1922 E/A notified (date):  1/31/1924

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