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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44833693 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47627678 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 268 ERNEST 48116 John B. 53 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company K, 18th Infantry Enemy Gas 2/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 2/27/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 74  3597 Grave 898, Amer, Menil-la-Tour, Meurthe-et-Moselle Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. William C. Ernest (Father), R.F.D.#1, Claysburg, Pa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: B 3/3/19 Form 21: R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-39087   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: (Benef.) Mrs Sarah Dodson (Sister) East Freedom, Pa., Form #8 sent 2/28/19 for NR., F115/11/13/20 67   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 2/9/1922 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 3/3/1922 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 3/19/1922 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #60 on 3/29/1922 Shipped on 4/3/1922 to Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D.C. Received at Destination  on 5/5/1922 by Above - D. R. Wolverton, Capt. QMC Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  4353 Section:   European Reburied (date):  5/11/1922 E/A notified (date):  8/29/1922

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