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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44546569 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609106 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 43664 BENSON 105856 Rolla 303 Rank Illinois Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/21/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/21/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 86  254 Grave 230, Amer. Cty., Mesves, Nievre Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. Robert Benson (Father), Ana, Illinois Notified Emergency Address 5/20/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. A-5230   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8 sent for NR 2/28/19   Burial Case File:  View on NARA website   Download PDF Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  St. Mihiel American Cemetery Grave:  18 Row:   12 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  60809 Reburied (date):  6/27/1922 E/A notified (date):  2/14/1924

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