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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44551428 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47614040 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 22110 BURTON Benjamin H. 262 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant 5th Trench Mortar Cellulitis 9/18/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/21/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 91  21502 Grave 1314, Plot C, Row 11, Amer. Cty., Toul, M-et-M. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 91  In:  Emergency Address B. H. Burton (Father), Colusa, Calif. Notified Emergency Address 12/27/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-38584   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Grave 150 was a double grave, F#115 11-16 (152)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 4/30/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/3/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/18/1921 Shipped on 5/24/1921 to M. Pirkey, Willows, Cal Received at Destination  on 5/31/1921 by Above

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