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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44962587 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677174 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 87928 SHIELDS 2887285 John 481 SP 26 Rank Connecticut Organization 79th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company D, 316th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 11/13/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/13/1918 AWARDED: Silver Star Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 933  3546 Grave # 56;, Amer. B/A Cty., Reville, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/4/1919 Cemetery 1232  10992 In:  Grave 146, Section 92, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Owen Shields, (Brother), 1843 Lexington Ave., New York City, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 4/7/1919, Form 107: 3/6/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-28375   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 4-28-21 (S 168) Sec 92   Plat No.:  B-166    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  4 Row:   41 Block:   F Authority File No. D:  31410 Reburied (date):  6/27/1922 E/A notified (date):  10/3/1923

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