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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44979630 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47447321 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 56713 WILSON 2218831 Rufus S. AG 201 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company C, 315th Field Signal Battalion Killed in Action 11/1/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 647  2938 Grave 20, Row 1, Plot 1, Amer. Cty., Bethincourt, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/25/1919 Cemetery 1232  10849 In:  Grave 106, Section 41, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Margaret Wilson (Mother), Hamilton, Texas. Notified Emergency Address 12/12/1918 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-27169   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 4-13-21 (S-197) sec 41   Plat No.:  A-216    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/16/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/25/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/21/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #49 on 8/1/1921 Shipped on 8/12/1921 to Margaret Wilson, Carlton, Texas. Received at Destination  on 8/16/1921 by L. J. Shockley Emergency address notified on 2/6/1922

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