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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44881427 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47649349 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 92254 HILL 2101306 Ben O. 578-SP-2 & 580-SP-17. Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company F, 58th Infantry Presumed to be dead Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune MEMO  Reburied 12/10/1918 Cmme. 64, Ville Savoye, Aisne, 33 SE, C-64-540.  E202, N285 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 847  954 Grave #148, Amer., Plot, Row F, American Cemetery, Bazoches, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/21/1919 Cemetery 617  20659 In:  Grave 183, Section N, Plot 4, American B/A Cemetery, Fismes, Marne Emergency Address John Hill (Father), Route #6, Decorah, Iowa. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 10/7/1920, Form 107: 10/23/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5201 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 8-W-A 9-23-20 for present status., F115 11-30-20 596   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/26/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/23/1921 aboard the Somme Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #48 on 7/5/1921 Shipped on 7/19/1921 to John J. Hill, Decorah, Iowa Received at Destination  on 7/22/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/27/1922

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