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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44898520 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47639715 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 38822 LEWIS 2175022 Benjamin H. 293 Rank Missouri Organization 88th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company A, 339th Machine Gun Battalion Broncho Pneumonia 10/11/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/12/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 758  1368 Grave #143, Amer. Cty., Hericourt, Haute Saone. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/24/1921 Cemetery 758  16-A dated 1-24-21 In:  Grave 308, American Cemetery, Hericourt, Haute-Saone Emergency Address Mr. John H. Lewis, (Father), Gen. Del. Clinton, Texas., Benef. Notified Emergency Address 1/21/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-40271   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 10-26-20   Plat No.:  A-440    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  40 Row:   27 Block:   G Authority File No. D:  60584 Reburied (date):  10/25/1921 E/A notified (date):  3/13/1923

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