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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44940999 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47668431 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 61560 PLATNER Aaron A. 407 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Major 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 11/5/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/6/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 766  3624 Grave #1, Plot C, Row 1, Amer. Cty., Fleury-sur-Aire (Meuse) Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/20/1919 Cemetery 1232  11974 In:  Grave 124, Section 55, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Dora Platner (Mother), Ellis, Kans. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 2/25/1920, Notified by Lt Col C C Piece, thru Congressman Hon, John R, Connelly 3/4/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-30533   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: 138-Sec 55, F115-5/17/21 138-Sec 55   Plat No.:  D-197    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #51 on 9/13/1921 Shipped on 9/26/1921 to Andrew Platner, Ellsworth, Kansas Received at Destination  on 9/30/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/20/1921

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