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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44555957 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47619194 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 22685 COMPTON 280937 John N. 262 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company K, 126th Infantry Killed in Action 8/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/2/18,Reburied,11/22/18 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 598  855 Grave 105, Amer. Battlearea Cty., Juvigny, Aisne Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address John N. Compton, Sr. (Father), 2398 Clyde Park Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: )2/1/1919, #18 3/28/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5164 Photograph No. F-14078   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Prev. rept. as COMPTON, John M. Jr. N/R prev. rept. as Compton, John M. Sr. Renotification due to reburial. DB. not prev. rept., F115-8-20-20.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/22/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 10/28/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/14/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 1/3/1921 to John N. Compton, Sr., % Greenwood Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich. Received at Destination  on 1/7/1921 by Mrs. Jane Macarthur Compton.

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