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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44838843 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47632201 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 73788 FORTNER 1219305 Sidney 359 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Battery F, 105th Field Artillery B Pneumonia & PNEUMOTHORAX 11/27/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/29/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 88  552 Grave 197, Amer, Nantes, Loire Inferieure Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Alberta Fortner (Mother), 152 East 123rd St., New York, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 1/21/1919, Ret'd & renotified 3/6/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. L-2108   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: 4/5/20-F115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 8/17/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  St. Nazaire on 8/20/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 8/31/1920 aboard the Sherman Arrived at Hoboken, NJ on 9/11/1920 Shipped on 9/21/1920 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 9/22/1920 by Henry Kanich Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  549 Section:    Authority File No. D:  73788 Reburied (date):  9/25/1920

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