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Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 44981003 Click image for larger view Zooniverse Subject # 47448248 Transcription - Front Transcription - Back File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No. 106065 WRIGHT Benjamin C. 568 Other notations: Discharged 2-28-19 Rank New York Organization 42nd Div. Cause of Death Date of Death First Lieutenant 168th Infantry, / American Red Cross Pneumonia 4/23/1919 Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery Commune 4/26/1919 Authority File No. D Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery Commune 34  7297 Grave 499, American Cty., Suresnes, Seine. Authority File No. D Disinterred and Reburied: Date  Cemetery In:  Emergency Address Mrs. Helen A. Wright, Wife,, 75 Post Ave., New York, N. Y., Remarried Widow Remarried Mothers - Mrs. Nellie Wright, 4359 Cleveland Ave., San Diego Calif. - Sailed Aug. 19, 1930 - George Washington Notified Emergency Address Rtd, Form 107: , sent 8/28/1920, Form 107: 9/30/1920, Form 107: 11/3/1920 R.B. Sketch No. Photograph No. A-2585   Grave Marker Name Peg    Cross   Yes   Head Board    Bottle    Ident. Tag Buried with body    On grave marker    Remarks: EA prv.rpt. Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, Mother, 800 N. Prospect, Sedalia, Mo. Prv.rpt. Benjamin C. E.A. prev.rept. as, Mrs. Helen A. Wright, (wife) 3440 Broadway, New York, N.Y., Form 8-W-A sent 8-19-20. Information from Form 1 A. Form 8-W-A send 10/26/20., F115 - 12/28/20 - 972   Plat No.:  A-406    Permanent Burial in Foreign Cemetery Cemetery:  Suresnes American Cemetery Grave:  9 Row:   22 Block:   B Authority File No. D:  30427 Reburied (date):  8/25/1921 E/A notified (date):  7/1/1922 Other notations:  War Service record gives 1st Lt. 168 Inf. Discharged 2/28/19. this data to go on Grave Marker

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