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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44952232 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47671697 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 33662 RITSON 2982260 Vincent 286 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company F, 4th Infantry Killed in Action 10/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/6/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1072  2460 Grave 3, Plot B, Amer. B/A Cty., Montfaucon, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/8/1919 Cemetery 1232  10247 In:  Grave 73, Section 50, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Margaret Rotsion, Mother, 707 Argyle St., Jackson, Mich. Notified Emergency Address 5/20/1919, 1/15/1920 107 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-27220   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: #8 sent for NR 2-28-19, F115- 4/14/21 155- Sec 50   Plat No.:  A-218    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/19/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/9/1921 to John Ritson, 707 Argyle St., E. Jackson, Mich. Received at Destination  on 8/11/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/17/1921

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