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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44897181 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47638075 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 50035 LAY 2659784 Elster H. 309 Rank Ohio Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company D, 16th Infantry Killed in Action 10/10/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune AWARD - Cited in G.O. #1, 1st Div., dated Jan. 1, 1920., Silver Star Citation. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-215  2162 Grave 3, Isolated Graves, Fleville, Ardennes, 35NE E301.7 N283.1   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/7/1919 Cemetery 1232  10704 In:  Grave 32, Section 38, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Nancy Jane Lay, (MOther), 47 1/2 N. Case Ave., Akron, Ohio Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 4/29/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-21294   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 12 2-26-19., F115 - 4/21/21 97 - Sec 38   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  6 Row:   18 Block:   G Authority File No. D:  31143 Reburied (date):  12/17/1921 E/A notified (date):  7/20/1923

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