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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44964679 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47440139 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 20351 TANSEY 1097668 James J. 270 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Battery F, 19th Field Artillery Killed in Action 9/18/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 9/19/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 543  2323 Grave #44, Fr. Cmme. Cty., Thiaucourt, M-et-M. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  4/18/1919 Cemetery 1233  11113 In:  Grave 50, Section 3, Plot 1, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle Emergency Address Mrs. Margaret Tansey, (Mother), 80 Underhill St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Notified Emergency Address 12/14/1918, Form 107: /12/19119 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. D-15466   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker   Yes   Remarks:   Plat No.:  C-78    Removal Project Information Body disinterred 4/25/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 5/5/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 5/23/1921 aboard the Cambrai Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 6/6/1921 Shipped on 6/13/1921 to Ladley & McMahon, 587 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY Received at Destination  on 6/13/1921 by Above

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