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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44936705 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47666482 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 32270 PARSONS 2185407 Francis E. 275 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 138th Infantry Killed in Action 9/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1691  D-9164 Grave 9, B/A Cty, Chappy, Meuse, 35 SE E305 N272.95   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/23/1919 Cemetery 1232  10283 In:  Grave 126, Section 7, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Charles Parsons (Father), R.F.D. #2, Bernard, Kans. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 1/17/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-4449   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115-3-15-21 (S-143) Sec. 7   Plat No.:  A-101    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/14/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/15/1921 to National Cemetery, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas Received at Destination  on 8/19/1921 by G.W. Thornson Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas Grave:  1734-C Section:   A Reburied (date):  August, 1921 E/A notified (date):  2/6/1922

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