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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44975413 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47444668 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 9252 WASS Lester S. 221 Rank Massachusetts Organization 2nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death Captain 18th Company, 5th Marines Killed in Action 7/21/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 7/21/1918 AWARDED - D.S.C., Fr. Croix de Guerre (Gilt Star), Navy Cross Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-761  1537 Grave 1, Isolated Graves, Cmme Montgobert, (Aisne) E168.1 N286.45   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/3/1919 Cemetery 593  11336 In:  Grave 61, Section H, Plot 2, American B/A Cemetery, Ploisy, Aisne Emergency Address Lorenzo A. Wass (Father), 28 Cleveland St., Gloucester, Mass. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 1/7/1920, Form 21A: 2/16/1919, Form 36: 4/21/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5333 Photograph No. F-11083   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: Previously reported Co. E, 5th Marines., F115 10-11-20   Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Oise-Aisne American Cemetery Grave:  12 Row:   16 Block:   D Authority File No. D:  60923 Reburied (date):  8/5/1922 E/A notified (date):  5/13/1924

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