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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44854497 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47637242 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29775 GILLESPIE 2813779 Rufus 286 Rank Texas Organization 92nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 317th M.P Shot by U.S. Soldier 9/21/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 345  1708 Grave 8, French Mil., Raon-L'Etape, Vosges Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/27/1921 Cemetery 345  30079 In:  Grave 5, French Military Cemetery, Raon L'Etape, Vosges Emergency Address Mrs. Linnie Williams, (Mother), Box #2, Nixon, Texas., Single Sailed June 23, 1933 - American Banker Notified Emergency Address 6/17/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-11010   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 12, sent 2/25/19., F 115 10-25-20   Plat No.:  A-357    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  22 Row:   29 Block:   F Authority File No. D:  60246 Reburied (date):  10/14/1921 E/A notified (date):  5/26/1922

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