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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44543533 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47606205 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 89902 ARDIS 57557 John B. 407-SP 66 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company F, 28th Infantry Killed in Action 5/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1263  2599 Grave 13, Row F, Amer. Cty., Cantigny, Somme Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 176  11266 In:  Grave 33, Section B, American Cemetery, Villers-Tournelle, Somme Emergency Address Wm. H. Ardis, Father, Brownfield, Texas. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. 5330 Photograph No. B-14158   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 12 sent 23-2-19 rec. 4-8-19.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/14/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 4/4/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 4/5/1921 by P. Moore Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  1454 Section:    Authority File No. D:  89902 Reburied (date):  4/7/1921

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