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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44951830 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47671506 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 55761 RIGGS 1835463 John W. 321 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company I, 317th Infantry Broncho Pneumonia 11/9/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 11/12/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 384  339 Grave #17, Amer. Plot, Nouveau Cty., Orleans, Loiret. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address David H. Riggs, (Father), Pike, W. Va. Notified Emergency Address 12/13/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. A-880   Grave Marker Name Peg   Yes   Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. reptd. with serial # 1835563, F#115, 7-6-20.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 10/9/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  St. Nazaire on 10/14/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 11/22/1920 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 12/15/1920 Shipped on 1/5/1921 to D. H. Riggs, Ellenboro, W. Va. Received at Destination  on 1/7/1921 by Above

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