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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44550868 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47613480 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 68866 BUFORD 49880 John M. 374 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company C, 23rd Infantry Lobar Pneumonia 12/2/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 12/3/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 889  9741 Grave #5, Row 1, Amer. Cty., Briey, M-et-M. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/29/1919 Cemetery 1233  10431 In:  Grave 64, Section 9, Plot 2, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Eva Hoke. (Niece), Pekin, Indiana. Notified Emergency Address 1/18/1919, Form 107: 12/9/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 1805 Photograph No. D-16700   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 1/22/21 446 P.7   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/3/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/20/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/25/1921 to Mrs Eva Hoke, Borden, Ind. Received at Destination  on 7/30/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 2/15/1922

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