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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44836057 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47629731 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 13238 FERKINS 1386271 Benjamin 252 Rank Illinois Organization 33rd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company A, 131st Infantry Killed in Action 8/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 443  8/11/1918 Grave #2174, Row A, British Cty., Vaux-sur-Somme, Somm.e Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune GRS F-16 Grave # 18, Plot #1, Row A, Brit. Mil. Cty., Somme, 12 SE E128.6 N359.6   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery 443, 443  In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Jennie Levin, (Sister), 577 New Lotts Rd. Brooklyn, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 4/28/1920, Rtd 5/5/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-14632 B-654   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: F-8-w sent 12-11-19 for E/A   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Somme American Cemetery Grave:  3 Row:   18 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  70255 E/A notified (date):  3/12/1927 Prior Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  636 - Somme American Cemetery Grave:  4 Row:   18 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  61268 Reburied (date):  10/18/1922

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