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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44964657 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47678375 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 34552 SMITH 2782866 Benjamin C. 291 Rank Montana Organization 91st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 362nd Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-178  2169 Grave unknown, Isolated Graves, Cmme. Cierges, Meuse. 35 SE E305.8 N279.86   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12354 In:  Grave 100, Section 51, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address James F. Smith, (Father), Hamilton, Mont., 1-1-19 Renot: 4-22-19 F-107 2-21-20 Notified Emergency Address 1/1/1919, Renot: 4/22/1919, Form 107: 2/21/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-32134   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Renotification due to error in coding   Plat No.:  A-241    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  8 Row:   3 Block:   F Authority File No. D:  31228 Reburied (date):  10/29/1921 E/A notified (date):  9/1/1923

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