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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44955758 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47673745 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 50389 RUSCH 3281711 Ernest W. 309 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company I., 167th Infantry Killed in Action 10/16/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-331  5935 Grave 6, Isolated Grave, Landres et St. Georges, Ardennes, 35 NE E303.1 N285.5   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/10/1919 Cemetery 1232  12359 In:  Grave 37, Section 107, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Frank E. Rusch, (Father), 3906 Oakley Ave., N. Chicago, Ill. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/8/1920, Form 21A: 3/14/1919, Form 36: 5/27/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-22565   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prv. rpt. SN 3281707 Benef / address: Franklin Park, Chicago, Ill., F-115 - 4/29/21, Sec. 107-156   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/27/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #51 on 9/13/1921 Shipped on 9/20/1921 to Frank E. Rusch, Franklin Park, Ill. Received at Destination  on 9/25/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 1/3/1921

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