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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44832290 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47626203 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 44523 ELDER 1283822 Francis X. 303 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company A, 115th Infantry Killed in Action 10/11/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/19/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 716  2846 Grave 198. Amer. B/A. Consenvoye, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/20/1919 Cemetery 1232  10672 In:  Grave 114, Section 63, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address James B. Elder, Father, Emmittsburgh, Md. Notified Emergency Address 1/17/1919, 11/19/1919 107 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-10917   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. Reptd: Francis K., F.115 4-29-21 S#149   Plat No.:  B-258    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/5/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/6/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/20/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #62 on 10/3/1921 Shipped on 10/12/1921 to Majes Basil Elder, East Main St., Emmitsburg, Md. Received at Destination  on 10/13/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 3/29/1922

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