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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44974521 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47682283 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 25259 SWOPE 2659646 Ira R. 280 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 47th Infantry Cerebral Spinal Meningitis 9/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1079  1687 Grave 3, Plot 8, French Mil. Cty. Rambluzin, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Malinda Swope, (Mother), 425 Chitenden St., Akron, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address 2/13/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F115-1-15-21 (S-6), SDCR #682   Plat No.:  D-179    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/6/1921 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 8/18/1921 to Mrs. Malinda M. Swope, 425 Chittenden St., E. Akron, O. Received at Destination  on 8/20/1921 by Sweeney Bros. per A. W. Sweeney Emergency address notified on 1/30/1922

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