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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44552684 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47615293 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 94845 CARPENTER Jay Ira 277 SP JJJJ Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant A.S.S. Corps Attached 73 A Killed in Action 8/19/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune G.R.S.,Form #16. Grave #44, Row V, Military Cty., de La Compassion, Domfront, Oise. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/16/1919 Cemetery 176  11713 In:  Grave 188, Section B, American Cemetery, Villers-Tournelle, Somme Emergency Address Mrs. Estella Carpenter, (Mother), 1204 Lincoln Ave., Rochelle, Ill. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /1/191220 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/12/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 3/29/1921 to Mrs. E. Carpenter, Rochelle, Ill. Received at Destination  on 3/31/1921 by Above

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