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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44977826 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47446210 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 8987 WHITSON 44070 Joe S. 219 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Private First Class Company K., 16th Infantry Killed in Action 7/19/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-46  GRS-F-16A,1/30/24 Isolated Grave, Field of Monsieur Leroux, Cmme. Ploisy, Aisne, 33NE E175.55 N290.8   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  1/30/1924 Cemetery 1764  21781 In:  American Cemetery, Belleau, Aisne, Body held in Morgue Emergency Address John B. Whitson (Father), P.O.Box #8, Rosemary, North Carolina Notified Emergency Address R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No.   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross    Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body   Yes   On grave marker    Remarks: Father's later address 408 N. 3rd St., Hopewell, Va. Communal List # 2804 S-2853, 2-26-19 - 12., S-2853   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 1/30/1924 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Dunkerque or Dunkirk on 4/28/1924 Shipped to New York, New York aboard the Pipestone Co. Arrived at New York, New York on 5/21/1924 Shipped to Mr. H. H. Hunt, Undertaker, Hopewell, Va. Mr. John B. Whitson (Father) 408 N. 3rs St., Hopewell Va. Received at Destination  on 5/23/1924 by Above

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