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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44965911 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47678864 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 38188 SMITH 3633124 Lester J. 297 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company F, 126th Infantry Killed in Action 10/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/12/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 903  3019 Grave 9, Amer, B/A.Cty., Cierges, (Meuse) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/9/1919 Cemetery 1232  11311 In:  Grave 129, Section 47, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address John O. Smith, (Father), RFD # 1. Covington, Va. Notified Emergency Address 2/4/1919, Form 107: 2/26/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D 25868   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F 115 - 4/18/21 174 - Sec 47   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/27/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/3/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/15/1921 to J.O. Smith, RFD Box 71, Covington ,Alleghaney Co. ,Va. Received at Destination  on 9/17/1921 by Above per Mrs. Virginia Smith Emergency address notified on 12/15/1921

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