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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44952376 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47671767 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 80200 ROACH 561986 James J. 391 SP 24 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E,, 47th Infantry Killed in Action 8/13/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Reburied 12/3/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 847  947 Grave 20, Amer. Plot, Row A., Amer. Cty., Bazoches, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/19/1919 Cemetery 617  20639 In:  Grave 51, Section G, Plot 5, American B/A Cemetery, Fismes, Marne Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Roach, (Mother), Delaware St., Jermyn, Pa. Notified Emergency Address 107/8/191920 R.B. Sketch No. 5201 Photograph No. F-12050   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rept. DD 8-3-18. Cor by AGO letter of 6-2-20. DD: prev. rptd. 8-7-18, Form 12 sent 2-24-19, F115 12-1-20 1147   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/21/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/18/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 4/26/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 6/8/1921 to Patrick Roach, Delaware St., Jermyn, Pa. Received at Destination  on 6/8/1921 by Above

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