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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44552706 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47615315 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 101899 CARPER 58562 Arthur R. 570-44 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company L, 28th Infantry Killed in Action 5/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 176  2635 Grave #170, Plot E, Amer. Cty., Villers Tournelle, Somme. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/18/1919 Cemetery 176  12442 In:  Grave 156, Section C, American Cemetery, Villers-Tournelle, Somme Emergency Address Jessie V. Carper, (Father), New Petersburg, Ohio. Notified Emergency Address 11/19/1918, Form 107: /1/19920 R.B. Sketch No. 5331 Photograph No. B-14406   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: Form 8 sent 5-13-19 for present status.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 12/14/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 2/27/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 3/14/1921 Shipped on 4/4/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 4/5/1921 by P. Moore. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  1455 Section:    Authority File No. D:  101899 Reburied (date):  4/7/1921

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