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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44892022 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47631907 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 13471 KETTERING 1386662 James B. 251 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company B, 131st Infantry Killed in Action 8/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 443  8/11/1918 Grave No. 24,Plot 1, Row A, , British Cem. Vaux Sur Somme, Somme. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune G.R.S. Form #16 Grave 24, Row A, Plot 1, British Military Cemetery, Somme, 12 SE E128.6 N359.6   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/27/1919 Cemetery 443  11192 In:  Grave 3, Row A, Plot 1, American Cemetery, Vaux-sur-Somme, Somme Emergency Address Mrs. Lydia M. Kettering, (Mother), 844 Grace St., Chicago, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 4/26/1919, F Form 107: 12/11/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. B-14626   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks:   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/13/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Calais on 10/16/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/14/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 12/28/1920 to David L. Segerston Und., Chicago, Ill. Received at Destination  on 12/30/1920 by Above

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