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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44546577 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609114 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 96513 BENSON 1872502 Wilton 467 Rank South Carolina Organization 93rd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company C, 371st Infantry Grippe & Pneumonia 1/25/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune AWARDED: Fr. Croix de Guerre Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 582  1636 Grave 422, French Communal Cty., Bruyeres-en-Vosges, Vosges Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Benf. Mrs. Martha Benson Evans, mother, R # 5 Seneca, South Carolina, Benf. Notified Emergency Address 4/22/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F115 - 10-18-20   Plat No.:  A-400    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  32 Row:   19 Block:   G Authority File No. D:  60380 Reburied (date):  4/13/1922 E/A notified (date):  12/4/1922

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