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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44941494 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47668652 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 36286 POLTON 100139 Charley 290 Rank Iowa Organization 42nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company B, 168th Infantry Killed in Action 10/11/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-208  2214 Grave 1, Isolated, Cmme Epinonville, Meuse, 35 SE. E306.1 N278.75   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12215 In:  Grave 155, Section 105, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. J. P. Berniker (Sister), Nevada, Iowa., No rec. of parents or wife. Notified Emergency Address 4/21/1919, Form 107: 3/8/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-8830   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 12, sent 2/16/19, F115 - 5/13/21 152 - Sec 105   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  16 Row:   43 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  31504 Reburied (date):  10/20/1921 E/A notified (date):  10/20/1923

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