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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44962852 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677326 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 41607 SHORT 551605 Abe 299 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Sergeant Company H, 38th Infantry Killed in Action 10/8/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/25/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 1300  7313 Grave #27, Amer. B/A, Cierges, Meuse. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  5/20/1919 Cemetery 1232  10793 In:  Grave 170, Section 66, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mr. Anderson, B. Short, (Father), Aurora, Arkansas. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /2/192820, Form 21A: 2/19/1919, Form 36: 4/12/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-10526   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 5/5/21 162 - Sec 66   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/22/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/13/1921 to Mrs. Mary J Short, Springdale, Ark. Received at Destination  on 9/17/1921 by Above Emergency address notified on 12/23/1921

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