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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44881302 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47649206 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29895 HIGHAMS 4604663 John William 286 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private 97th Company, 6th Marines Killed in Action 10/6/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-288  959 Grave 1, Isolated Graves, Cmme. St. Marie-a-Py, Marne, 34 SE E265.5 N280.85   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12421 In:  Grave 102, Section 62, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Lucy E. Highams, Mother, 908 Mclemore St., Memphis, Tenn. Notified Emergency Address 3/31/1919, Form 107: 2/28/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5209-5759 Photograph No. D-38250   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rept. John W, -Co.M. 6th Marines 5-16-19 75-Sec 62, F.12, 2-25-19., F115 - 4/25/21 75 - See 62   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 9/12/1921 Shipped on 9/20/1921 to J.W. Norris, Funeral Director, Memphis, Tenn. Received at Destination  on 9/24/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 2/9/1922

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