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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44971627 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47442968 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 29273 VAN DUSEN Edwin Thorp 287 Rank Pennsylvania Organization 79th Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Company, 314th Infantry Killed in Action 9/29/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-179  7999 Grave 5, Isolated, Cmme Nantillois, Meuse, SHT 35 Ne E310.9 N280   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  3/27/1919 Cemetery 1232  10805 In:  Grave 172, Section 55, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Samuel B, Van Dusen, (Father), 5131 Morris St., Germantown, Phila Pa., Mother is mentioned in Corresp. No wife. Notified Emergency Address 11/25/1918, 2/5/1919 Renot, Form 107: 2/25/1920 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-30493   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker   Yes   Remarks: F115 5-17-21 S# T74   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Grave:  14 Row:   21 Block:   A Authority File No. D:  31243 Reburied (date):  11/2/1921 E/A notified (date):  8/14/1923

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