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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44544218 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47606890 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 30191 BACKSTROM 1383523 Robert E. 277 Rank Illinois Organization 33rd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company B, 131st Infantry Killed in Action 9/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-211  7808 Isolated Grave 3, Cmme. Gercourt, et Drillancourt, Meuse, 35SE E319.3 N278.25   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/13/1919 Cemetery 1232  12222 In:  Grave 36, Section 69, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Martin Backstrom, Father, 85 W. 21st St., Chicago Heights, Ills., Single Mother - Mrs. Jennie Backstrom, 85 W. 21st St., Chicago Heights, Ill. Sailed July 8, 1931, President Harding Notified Emergency Address Form 21a: ) 5/15/1919, Form 107: 3/1/1920, 5/28/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-24005   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: SN prev. rept. 1386123, corr. on auth. 8-W-A 5-10-21, Form #12 2-21-19, F115 - 5/14/21 8 - Sec 69   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  9 Row:   25 Block:   H Authority File No. D:  31336 Reburied (date):  10/27/1921 E/A notified (date):  9/15/1923

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