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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44833784 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47627756 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 27906 ESCHBACH 1786285 John 272 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company H, 316th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 9/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/27/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 616  2305 Grave #15, Row #2, French Mil. Cty., Blercourt, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/13/1919 Cemetery 1232  12221 In:  Grave 49, Section 69, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Martha Eschbach, (Mother), RFD #1; Reading, Pa. Notified Emergency Address 12/10/1918, Form 107: 2/26/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-38171   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: #8 sent for correct address of NR letter returned 1-23-19, F115 - 5--14-21 S48) sec 69   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/26/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #51 on 9/13/1921 Shipped on 9/21/1921 to Mrs. Martha Eschbach, c/o J. W. Stump, (Und) Blandon, Pa. Received at Destination  on 9/21/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/27/1921

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