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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44957190 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47674550 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 25053 SANFORD 2061056 Leo 279 Rank Illinois Organization 4th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Machine Gun Company, 39th Infantry Killed in Action 9/27/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1046  2334 Grave 93, Plot C, Amer. B/A Cty., Malamcourt, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/9/1919 Cemetery 1232  12140 In:  Grave 83, Section 49, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Theresa Sanford, (Mother), Necedah, Wisc. Notified Emergency Address 2/13/1919, Form 107: 2/21/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-26727   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 4/18/21 165 - Sec 49   Plat No.:  A-284    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  17 Row:   26 Block:   E Authority File No. D:  31214 Reburied (date):  11/22/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/3/1923

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