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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44941661 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47668725 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 106652 POPHAM 2096973 Homer 560 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Headquarters Troops, 3rd Cav Result of Gunshot Wound 5/1/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 5/2/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 55  9350 Grave 208, Amer. Cty., Bourbonne les Bains, Haute Marne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mr. Clarence E. Popham, Brother,, Route #6, Charleston, Ill. Notified Emergency Address 3/3/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D 19373   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: E.A. also rept. Mr. C.E. Armstrong, (Friend), R.R.#6, Charleston, Ill., Form 8 6-7-19, 4-3-20 F115   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 3/3/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Cherbourg on 3/4/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/1/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #42 on 5/18/1921 Shipped to S. E. Harper, 712 Jackson St., Charleston, Ill. Received at Destination  on 6/25/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 10/7/1922

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