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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44937980 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47667044 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 4199 PEGGS 116088 John Clayton 173 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant 17th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 6/17/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 551  Amer. B/A Cty., Torcy, Aisne. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS #16 Grave 61, Plot 63, Myers, Left of road between Lucy-La-Bocage and Torcy, Aisne., E174.8 N262.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 1764  20264 In:  Grave 41, Section A, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Peggs, Mother, 18 Buck St., Canton, N. Y. Notified Emergency Address 12/12/1918, Form 107: 6/2/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg   Yes   Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Disinterred in clearing Belleau Woods prev. reptd. John C. prev. reptd. Co. A, 5th Marines, F115 - 2/18/21 1788   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/19/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/24/1921 to Mrs. Mary Peggs, 18 Buck St., Canton, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 8/25/1921 by Above

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