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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44965150 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47678567 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 26140 SMITH Fred E. 273 Rank North Dakota Organization 77th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Lieutenant Colonel 308th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune C-275  10/2/1918 AWARDED - Medal of Honor, French Croix de Guerre with palm, Italian War Cross, and French Legion of honor Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-275  5218 Grave #1, Isolated Graves, Cmme. of Vienne le Chateau, Marne, 35SW. E294.7 N270   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/14/1919 Cemetery 1232  12078 In:  Grave 49, Section 56, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Clara Ripley Smith, Wife,, Rt. 1, Box 106, Central Point, Oregon, Mother dead Sailed July 26, 1933 - President Roosevelt Notified Emergency Address Form 107: /3/19320 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-30403   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F 8 sent 5-22-19 for present status. information from form 1-A prev. reptd. as Fred L. Smith. Wife's later E/a 646 60th St., N.E., Portland, Oregon., F115 4-29-21 S 129 sec 56   Plat No.:  D-110    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  18 Row:   7 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  30794 Reburied (date):  11/9/1921 E/A notified (date):  11/24/1922

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