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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44966636 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47441046 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 25010 THOMPSON 2968214 Benjamin H. 279 Rank Virginia Organization 4th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company I., 47th Infantry Killed in Action 10/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1342  3274 Grave 20, Plot 1, Amer. B/A, Dannevoux, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 1232  10955 In:  Grave 45, Section 95, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Mary E. Thompson, (Wife), Bucks Garden, Va., Below Notified Emergency Address RTD 3/6/1920, Form 21A: 1/31/1919, Form 36: 5/21/1919, Form 107: 3/4/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5491-5759 Photograph No. D-29418   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 9-29-21 (S-186) Sec 95   Plat No.:  C-222    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  35 Row:   36 Block:   G Authority File No. D:  31434 Reburied (date):  9/28/1921 E/A notified (date):  10/9/1923

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