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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44957179 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47674545 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 895 SANFORD 564 George S. 64 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal 166 Ambulance Company, 117th Sanitary Train Wounds caused by Accidental Shell explosion. 3/8/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 3/9/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 105-B  4012 Grave 1, French Civ. Cty., Moyen, M et M. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. J. V. Sanford, Mother,, Crenshaw, Miss. Notified Emergency Address 3/18/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D 39446   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle   Yes   Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 10-27-20 191   Plat No.:  A-432    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 9/10/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 9/28/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 10/14/1921 aboard the Cantigny Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #53 on 10/25/1921 Shipped on 11/1/1921 to National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. Received at Destination  on 11/5/1921 by James Barnes. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee Grave:  14006 Section:    Reburied (date):  11/1/1921 E/A notified (date):  1/19/1922

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