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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44977827 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47446211 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 23311 WHITSON 1387285 Lester. 276 Rank Organization Cause of Death Date of Death Corporal Company E,, 131st Infantry Killed in Action 9/26/1918 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 10/1/1918 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune C-216  8941 Grave 5, Isolated Graves, Forges, Meuse, 35SE E319.5 N275.4   Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/11/1919 Cemetery 1232  12285 In:  Grave 62, Section 53, Plot 2, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse Emergency Address Mrs. Emma Whitson (Mother), 6816 Olcott Ave., Chicago, Ill. Notified Emergency Address Form 107: 2/21/1920, Form 21A: 2/13/1919, Form 36: 6/3/1919 R.B. Sketch No. 5759 Photograph No. D-31394   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: F115 - 4/22/21 203 - Sec 53   Removal Project Information Body disinterred 7/21/1921 for preparation and shipment. Arrived at  Antwerp on 7/23/1921 Shipped to Hoboken, New Jersey on 8/6/1921 aboard the Wheaton Arrived at Hoboken, New Jersey in Consignment #50 on 8/20/1921 Shipped on 9/7/1921 to Mrs. Emma E. Whitson, Chicago, Ill. Received at Destination  on 9/9/1921 by Above. per Walter F. Whitson Emergency address notified on 2/11/1922

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