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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44890953 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47630570 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 27208 KEISTER 1818689 Mason H. 282 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company H, 317th Infantry Tuberculosis Peritonitis 10/3/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 599  2301 Grave 7, Row 7, Amer. Plot,French Mil, Cty., St. Dizier, (Haute Marne) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. F. T. Keister, (Father), R.#1, Box #188, Cambria, Va. Notified Emergency Address 4/19/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D 45249   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv. rpt. SN 1818889 - Pvt., #12 2/25/19 R 4/8/19, #115 4/6/20   Plat No.:  D-239    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 5/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/6/1921 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 7/21/1921 to F. T. Keister, Christiansburg, Va. Received at Destination  on 7/23/1921 by S. C. Richardson Emergency address notified on 5/9/1922

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