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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44967280 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47441297 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 38004 THORNTON 2039440 Edward 297 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 107th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/4/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 636  640 Grave 177, Plot F, Row 7, Bony Amer. Miliatary Cty., Bony, Aisne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Peter Thornton, (Father), Ishpeming, Michigan. Notified Emergency Address 12/9/1918, Renotified 2/26/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5121 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/26/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 1/31/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/29/1921 to Peter Thornton, Marquette, Mich. Received at Destination  on 4/1/1921 by Thomas Thornton.

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