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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44880779 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47648573 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 4271 HESS 118569 Robert Burns 177 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal 20th Company, 5th Marines Died of Wounds Received in Action 6/15/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 241  21034 Grave #115, Amer. Section, Row #3., French Civ. Cty., La Ferte-sous-Jouarre, S-et-M. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Sarah Hess, (Mother), 415 Jenks St. St. Paul, Minn. Notified Emergency Address 7/23/1918, Form 107: 2/11/19 Form 21: R.B. Sketch No. 5920 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115-1-4-21 (S142)   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/6/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/9/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/19/1921 to Mrs. Sarah L. Hess, 415 Jenks St., St. Paul, Minn Received at Destination  on 7/22/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 4/11/1922

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