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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44883595 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47652016 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 86419 HORTON 1447524 Francis A. 404 SP 18 Rank Kansas Organization 35th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company B, 137th Infantry Killed in Action 9/28/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-246  6738 Isolated Grave Unkn., Commune Chatel Chehery, Ardennes, 35 SE E301.15 N279.5   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12284 In:  Grave 96, Section 53, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Timothy Horton (Father), RFD #5, Holton, Kansas Notified Emergency Address 5/24/1919, Form 107: 4/7/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: AGO letter of 5/7/20 gives EA - Mrs. F.M.Horton (Mother) ,Holton, Kansas., Form 12 - 2/25/19, F115-4-22-21(S90)sec 53   Plat No.:  A-178    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  13 Row:   44 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  30777 Reburied (date):  11/2/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/13/1923

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