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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44971210 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47442805 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 56220 VAIL 3114520 Vernon J. 402 SP 75 Rank Pennsylvania Organization 79th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company A, 316th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/21/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 561  3063 Grave # 122, Sect. B, Plot # 7, Amer. B/A Cty., Nantillois, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/10/1919 Cemetery 1232  10260 In:  Grave 196, Section 58, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. James William Gritman (Uncle), Clarks Summit, Pa., No rec. of mother or wife. or father. Notified Emergency Address 5/12/1919, Form 107: 1/15/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-31527   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form #8 3/1/19   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  24 Row:   1 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  30779 Reburied (date):  11/8/1921 E/A notified (date):  5/9/1923

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