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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44960547 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47676119 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 79944 SEBESTA 2826319 James J. 467 SP 33 Rank Illinois Organization 78th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company C, 309th Infantry Killed in Action 10/20/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 672  3362 Grave 13, Plot C, Amer. B/A Cty., St. Juvin, Ardennes. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  10791 In:  Grave 197, Section 16, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Catherine Mares, Grandmother, 2908 S. Union Ave., Chicago, Ill., Over. Notified Emergency Address 6/23/1919, 1/27/1920 107 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-7317   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Beneficiary: Mr. Jacob J. Sebesta, Brother (P.O. above), #8 sent 6-12-19, F115 - 3/24/21 174 - Sec 16   Plat No.:  A-30    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  30 Row:   19 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  30724 Reburied (date):  2/17/1922 E/A notified (date):  9/15/1922 Other notations:  No record of parents or wife.

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