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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44544211 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47606883 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 43542 BACKES 1275929 Frank M. 301 Rank New Jersey Organization 29th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Sanitary Detachment 113th Infantry Killed in Action 10/12/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-285  6969 Grave #1, Isolated Grave, Cmme. Consenvoye, Meuse, 35NE E326.2 N280.78   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12420 In:  Grave 96, Section 62, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Martin N. Backes, Father, 21 Middle Rose St., Trenton, N.J. Notified Emergency Address 1/21/1919, Form 107: 2/27/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-38244   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Later address - 136 Pearl St., F115 4-26-21 S #6   Plat No.:  B-251    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  24 Row:   20 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  31281 Reburied (date):  10/15/1921 E/A notified (date):  9/8/1923

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