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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44940307 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47668115 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 47141 PICTON 3956275 Benjamin J. 301 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company K, 333rd Infantry Lobar Pneumonia 10/19/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/21/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 658  3111 Grave 5, Sec. A, Plot 1, Amer. Cty., Revigny, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Jane Picton. (Mother), Beebe, South Dak. Notified Emergency Address 4/25/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D 24893   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 1/15/1921   Plat No.:  D-232    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/16/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/6/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/1/1921 to Mr. Thomas Picton, Ipswich, S.D. Received at Destination  on 8/5/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 8/21/1922

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