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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44944694 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47670173 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 40559 RATH 2899320 Francis T. 298 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 127th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/10/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 912  3070 Grave 108, Plot F, Amer. B/A Cty., Montfaucon, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/7/1919 Cemetery 1232  10697 In:  Grave 162, Section 40, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address W. P. Rath, (Father), R#2, Defiance, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/4//20, Form 107: 2/21/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-22108   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8-w sent 2/21/20 for NR. Form 8 sent for NR 2/27/19, F 115 - 4/6/21 150 - Sec 40   Plat No.:  A-93    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/6/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/14/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #48 on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/25/1921 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. Received at Destination  on 7/26/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper, Capt. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  2013 Section:   European Reburied (date):  8/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  4/12/1922

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