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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44974199 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47682157 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 21785 SWANTON 1737521 John D. 269 AG-201 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Headquarters Company, 312th Infantry Killed in Action 9/24/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/24/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-256  8714 Grave 5, Isolated Grave, Preny, M-et-M, 52 NE: E366.7 N242   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/17/1919 Cemetery 1233  10421 In:  Grave 192, Section 17, Plot 4, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Mary Swanton, (Mother), 14 Midland Ave., Glen Ridge, N.J. Notified Emergency Address Nov 27, 1919, Form 21A: 2/8/1919, Form 36: 5/29/1919 # Form 107: R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-18356   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv.rpt.- John O. - Co. B, 312th Inf., F115-2-5-21 (S 3671)   Plat No.:  C-156    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/9/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/22/1921 to Mr Abraham E Swanton, c/o Peter Quinn Bloomfield, NJ (Gelnwood, Ave.) Received at Destination  on 7/22/1921 by Above per AK Brown.

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