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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44963543 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47677761 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 73568 SIMPSON 1630535 Ben B. AG 201 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company C, 109th Infantry Killed in Action 7/30/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 8/7/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 613  9575 Grave 140, Amer. B/A Cty., Cierges, Aisne. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 608  11762 In:  Grave 180, Section J, Plot 4, American B/A Cemetery, Seringes-et-Nesles, Aisne Emergency Address George W. Simpson (Father), RR #3, La Fayette, Tenn. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 1/3/1920, 3/21/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5831 Photograph No. F-16969   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 - 12/16/20 - 2953   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/21/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 6/13/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 6/19/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #46 on 7/2/1921 Shipped on 7/18/1921 to National Cemetery. Arlington, Va. Received at Destination  on 7/19/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper. Permanent Burial in National Cemetery Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia Grave:  3134 Section:   European Reburied (date):  7/25/1921 E/A notified (date):  2/18/1922

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