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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44968531 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47441743 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 39852 TONGEN 3333701 Chester A. 294 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private Sanitary Detachment 343rd Infantry Broncho Pneumonia 10/19/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/22/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 25  814 Grave #348, Sec. B, Amer. Cty., Talence, Gironde. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Andrew H. Tongen, (Father), Zumbrota, Minn. Notified Emergency Address 12/9/1918 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. K-1956   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board   Yes   Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F#115, 4-21-20.   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 9/16/1920 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Bordeaux on 9/16/1920 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/5/1920 aboard the Pocahontas Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey on 10/18/1920 Shipped on 10/27/1920 to A.H. Tongen., Wanamingo, Minn. Received at Destination  on 10/30/1920 by Above

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