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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44548062 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47610574 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 37548 BOLES 1306128 Ralph E. 293 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Headquarters Company 117th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/7/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/9/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 51-A  3712 Grave 3, Plot 6, Row H, Tincourt British Mil. Cty., Tincourt, Somme Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address William L. Boles, (Father), Fountain City, Tenn., 12/11/2018 Notified Emergency Address 12/11/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-13178   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/8/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/11/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 4/22/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #40 on 5/6/1921 Shipped on 5/12/1921 to National Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. Received at Destination  on 5/14/1921 by Charles F. Carver. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Knoxville National Cemetery, Tennessee Grave:  3676 Section:    Reburied (date):  5/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  1/16/1922

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