Imagine my surprise when I received the following letter from a young man from the Netherlands. I am copying his letter to me and then my reply follows. Talk about another coincidence. This one gave me goose bumps again!
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My name is Rick Mommers, I am 18 years old and living in The Netherlands. At
the American Military Cemetery in the town called Margraten (the
Netherlands) I adopted the grave of Afred Corgan. He was fighting for our
freedom during the Second World War. I read on your website that your
brother Robert Morneweck was in the same company and died in at the same
time.
Incase you knew Alfred Corgan, I hereby want to ask you if you maybe can
help me to gather more information about the soldier whom grave I adopted. I
am pointing on information like; how did he look like, when and where he has
been born, where he lived, if he had family, how he spent his youth, at what
base he had his education, what kind of division he was serving, where he
was fighting, if he had medailles and if there are relatives who are still
alive and so on.
I would like to ask you if it is possible to help me finding an answer to
the above mentioned questions. Hopefully it is also possible to receive some
pictures of him and copies of some documents and maybe to correspond with
some relatives of Alfred Corgan.
I really hope and appreciate to receive an answer on this letter. I was
searching on Internet and hoped to find some information about him, but
unfortunately without any results. You are my last hope to help me, If the
name Alfred Corgan doesn’t ring a bell, than let me know so I can delete
your address from my researchlist. It would be nice to know more about the
person whose grave I take care of and lay flowers.
I enclosed more information about the soldier.
I am thanking you in advance and look forward to your reply.
With kind regards,
Rick
Mommers
Alfred G. Corgan
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service # 42120877
506th Parachute Infantry Regt, 101st Airborne Division, Co A
Birth: Unadilla, NY
Entered the Service from: New York, Delaware County, Walton
Died: April 12, 1945, Himmelgeist Germany (operation Varsity)
