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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44973965 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47682058 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 71672 SWACKHAMER 2102631 John W. 390 544-24-111-1 Rank Illinois Organization 4th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Private Company B, 39th Infantry Killed in Action 10/8/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-230  4570 Grave 4, isolated grave, Brieulles sur Meuse, Meuse, 35 NE E312 N283.61   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/10/1919 Cemetery 1232  12219 In:  Grave 137, Section 101, Plot 3, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Leroy L. Swackhammer, No relationship given, 314 William Ave., Joliet, Ill. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 3/23/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-24139   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: Prev. rep. as DD 10-11-18. Prev. rep. as Ct y. 994, Form 8 for NR sent 3-4-19   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  9 Row:   36 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  31473 Reburied (date):  10/22/1921 E/A notified (date):  10/15/1923 Other notations:  A.G.O. Card-Mrs. Eliza Swackhamer (Mother), 320 Willow Ave., Joliet, Ill. Father deceased. No wife.

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