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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44546909 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47609441 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 99881 BESS 1329172 Lawrence 478 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 105th Engineers Gangrenous Appendicitis 3/9/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 419  3/11/1919 Grave #70, Sect. A, Cty. Grand Cty. Amer. Plot,,Le Mans, Sarthe, France Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 419  Form #114,G.R.S. Grave #70, American Plot, Section A, American Cemetery, Le Mans, Sarthe. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Neal Bess, Father, Lowell, N.C. Notified Emergency Address 3/28/1919, 3/21/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. A-8745   Grave Marker Name Peg   Yes   Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/8/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Brest on 7/15/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 7/22/1920 aboard the Antigone Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/7/1920 Shipped on 8/16/1920 to Neal B. Bess, Lowell, N. C. Received at Destination by Above

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