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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44943447 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47669568 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 28635 PURTELL 108202 Thomas Brierly 281 Rank New York Organization 2nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal 77th Company 6th MGBattalion USMC Killed in Action 10/4/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/12/1918 Awarded - Croix de Guerre (Gold Star) Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-217  883 Grave #2, Isolated Graves, Cmme., St. Etienne-a-Arnes, Ardennes., 34 SE E266 N281.7   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/16/1919 Cemetery 1232  12255 In:  Grave 96, Section 92, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address A.J. Purtell (Brother), 550 W. 174th St. New York City., Over. Notified Emergency Address Form 21A: Ret 4/1/1919, RTD Form 107: 3/5/1920, Form 21A: 2/10/1919, ( Form 36: ) 3/31/1919 Rtd R.B. Sketch No. 5179 - 5759 Photograph No. D-28321   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Form 8 to CRO 4/1/19 for correct NR, F115 - 4-29-21 (S152) Sec 92   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  34 Row:   29 Block:   H Authority File No. D:  31413 Reburied (date):  9/26/1921 E/A notified (date):  10/2/1923 Other notations:  Mrs. Jennie Purtell (mother) 200 West 99th St. New York City.

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