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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44556874 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47620940 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 90582 COTTON 4040223 Howard 440 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Hdqrs Company 803rd Pion Infantry Accidental Injuries 1/30/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 2/2/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 614  3487 Grave 92, French Mil. Cty., Commercy, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Ella Cotton, Wife., 288 Hastings St., Detroit, Mich. Notified Emergency Address 5/6/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-39193   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F 115 - 1/13/21 - 37   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/11/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 5/23/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #44 on 6/6/1921 Shipped on 6/23/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 6/24/1921 by Asa Irwin Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  317 Section:   Colored Reburied (date):  6/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  12/7/1921

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