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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44831418 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47625389 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 3824 EAVES 56330 John B. 167 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Machine Gun Company, 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 1263  2597 Grave 14, Row D, Amer., Cantigny, Somme Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/2/1919 Cemetery 176  11264 In:  Grave 5, Section A, American Cemetery, Villers-Tournelle, Somme Emergency Address Mrs. Ida Eaves, Mother, Tallapoosa, Ga. Notified Emergency Address 4/21/1919, 12/5/1919 107 R.B. Sketch No. 5330 Photograph No. B-13929   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 12/8/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 2/13/1921 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 J. E. T. Eaves, Buchanan, Ga. Received at Destination  on 3/31/1921 by Above

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