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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44968573 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47441761 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 25027 TOPPING 3801763 Merton P. 280 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company 21 Camp Pike August Replacement Draft Broncho Pneumonia 9/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/6/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 531  20169 See remarks, Grave #1, Plot A, Row 4, Amer. Cty., Lambezellec, Finistere Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Unknown Cemetery 531  31918 In:  Grave 2, Row 6, Plot G, American Cemetery, Lambézellec, Finistère Emergency Address Mrs. A. O. Topping, (Mother), Wellman, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /5/19720, 12/17/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. L-8149   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F#115. 2-10-20.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/7/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Brest on 6/8/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/21/1920 aboard the Princess Matoika Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 7/21/1920 Shipped on 7/27/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 7/27/1920 by C.W. Porter P.C. Cem Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  361 Section:   European Authority File No. D:  25027 Reburied (date):  7/30/1920

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