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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44964652 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47678373 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 82978 SMITH 3323099 Benjamin 349 SP 37 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 15th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 11/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/13/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 643  6483 Grave #8; German Military Cty., Jametz, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/6/1919 Cemetery 1232  10239 In:  Grave 120, Section 49, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Abraham Smith,, 403 Grand St., New York City, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 1/31/1919, Form 107: 1/14/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-26974   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board   Yes   Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Auth. AGO letter of 6-2-20   Plat No.:  B-230    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/16/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/8/1921 to A. Guttermen Und., 49 Orchard St., New York, N. Y. Received at Destination  on 8/8/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/19/1921

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