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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44944729 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47670188 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 41779 RATKE 1918142 John L. 299 Rank Maryland Organization 82nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 307 Engineers Killed in Action 10/13/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/14/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 668  4 X 6 Grave No 8, Plot F, Amer. B/A Fleville, Ardennes. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  3/19/1919 Cemetery 1232  10544 In:  Grave 136, Section 2, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Stephen Ratke (Father), 413 South St., Cumberland, Md. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 12/3/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D 2434   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 3/11/21, 160 - Sec 2   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  2 Row:   16 Block:   B Authority File No. D:  30767 Reburied (date):  3/10/1922 E/A notified (date):  10/30/1922

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