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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44544217 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47606889 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 77757 BACKSTROM 1706161 John Alfred 408 Rank New York Organization 77th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Mechanic Company G, 307th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/18/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/18/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 872  9699 Grave 13, Cemetery-American B/A, Cmme Coincy, (Aisne) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 608  11737 In:  Grave 42, Section C, Plot 2, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address Miss Hanna Backstrom, Sister, 71 Cliff St., Malden, Mass., Parents deceased. No wife. Notified Emergency Address 1/26/1919, Form 107: 12/26/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5883 Photograph No. F-24784   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. Rept. John.   Burial Case File:  View on NARA website   Download PDF Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Grave:  4 Row:   14 Block:   B Authority File No. D:  70098 Reburied (date):  2/12/1928 E/A notified (date):  10/29/1925 Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  608 - Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Grave:  4 Row:   14 Block:   B Authority File No. D:  4/20/1923 Reburied (date):  4/20/1923

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