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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44947007 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47671232 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 55759 RICHARDS 97564 Sampson 321 Rank California Organization 42nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company H, 167th Infantry Died of Wounds Received in Action 10/14/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/15/1918 Awarded D.S.C. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 876  2949 Grave #47, Plot C, Amer. B/A Cty., Baulny, Meuse Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/6/1919 Cemetery 1232  10281 In:  Grave 11, Section 43, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address William Richards, (Brother), Taft, Calif. Box 662. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /1/191620, Form 21A: 2/1/1919, Form 36: 5/5/1919 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-26586   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 4/9/21 147 - Sec 43   Plat No.:  A-109    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  3 Row:   46 Block:   C Authority File No. D:  31172 Reburied (date):  11/11/1921 E/A notified (date):  7/26/1923

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