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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44978064 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47446361 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 84875 WIGHT 543068 Richard J. 426 Rank Ohio Organization 3rd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company L, 7th Infantry Killed in Action 10/23/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/5/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1329  3168 Grave 11., Amer. B/A Cty., Cunel., Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12265 In:  Grave 12, Section 101, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Mary F. Wight. Mother., Steece. Ohio., Over Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/23/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rept. as Wright. Serial # prev. rept. as 543063. Auth. AGO letter dated 4-3-20. DD about 11-5-18. cause unknown., # 8 3-5-19., F115 - 5-2-21 (S-197) sec 101   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  24 Row:   43 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  31474 Reburied (date):  10/22/1921 E/A notified (date):  10/16/1923 Other notations:  5-20-24. Later address of mother Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Wight, Sr., (Parents) Superior, Ohio. Pedro, Law Co., Ohio. Wife's E/A unknown

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