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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44972186 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47681304 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 8741 STRAIN 107264 Laurens B. 215 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 5th Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Action 6/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 6/7/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 751  9649 Grave #11, Plot A. American B/A Cem. Essomes-sur-Marne, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/7/1919 Cemetery 1764  11148 20286 In:  Grave 79, Section C, Plot 2, American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne Emergency Address Homer E. Strain (Father), 527 N. Washington St. Bloomington, Ind. Notified Emergency Address 2/21/1919, Form 107: 1/8/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5894 Photograph No. F-15245   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F115- 2/19/21 2199   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/24/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 8/30/1921 to Modern Funeral Home, Bloomington, Ind. Received at Destination  on 9/3/1921 by Homer E. Strain

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