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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44955077 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47673163 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 56169 ROWBOTHAM 2980150 Lester D. 390 Rank Michigan Organization 1st Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company E, 18th Infantry Killed in Action 10/17/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/17/1918 AWARD - Cited in G.O. 1, 1st Div., dated Jan. 1, 1920. Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 977  3786 Grave 77, Plot C, (Amer B/A), Cheppy, (Meuse) E305.25 N273.3   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/3/1919 Cemetery 1232  10578 In:  Grave 46, Section 15, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Malinda Bottes (Mother), 2612 Armour Street, Port Huron, Mich., DEAD Mother DEAD Widow - Mrs. Alice Rowbotham, Bad Axe, Mich. - Sailed June 4, 1930 - America Notified Emergency Address 1/12/1919, Form 107: 1/20/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-35604   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 3/25/21 167 - Sec 16   Plat No.:  A-76    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  39 Row:   26 Block:   B Authority File No. D:  30727 Reburied (date):  1/23/1922 E/A notified (date):  9/11/1922

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