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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44960477 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47676087 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 56186 SEARS 2262170 Arthur H. 390 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 348th Machine Gun Battalion Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/2/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 555  2093 Grave 28, Sec. E, Plot 1, Amer. Cty., Chatrices, Marne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. Frank Spencer, Friend., 1508 Clay St., Oakland, Cal. Notified Emergency Address 4/29/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-9837   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115- 1/10/21 - 162   Plat No.:  D-189    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/12/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/1/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #47 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 8/3/1921 to National Cemetery, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, N.Y. Received at Destination  on 8/3/1921 by A.H. Bushman. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Cypress Hills National Cemetery, New York Grave:  8479 Section:    Reburied (date):  August, 1921 E/A notified (date):  1/26/1922

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