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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44555490 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47618276 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 40418 COLBY 305429 Irl 297 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 79th Company, 6th Marines Killed in Action 10/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/6/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-262  1036 Grave 5., Isolated, Cmme Somme By Marne, Sht 34SE E266.8 N280.7   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/13/1919 Cemetery 1232  12203 In:  Grave 65, Section 83, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mina Colby (Mother), Delta, Utah. Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-33245   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8 sent for NR 3/4/19 Form 8-W sent 3/17/20 for E/A, F115/ 4-16-21/ 35   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 6/27/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/3/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/2/1921 to Mrs. Mina Colby, Richfield, Utah. Received at Destination  on 9/7/1921 by Eugene Colby. Emergency address notified on 1/4/1922

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