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New - usaeff - 09-23-2008 Hello my name is Danny I living in the Netherlands I'm 33years "young" I'm working for the US Army in the Netherlands as local National. Before this if was a soldier for 13 years in the Dutch army. I have adopted a Grave at Margraten cemetery a coupel years back
This is the info I have,
JACK B HUNTER TEC 5 138th ENGR COMBAT BN Service number: 34875432 Born: 11 Oct 1925 Died: 20 Aug 1945 Enlisted in CP Shelby Mississippi On 26 Oct 1943
But I don't find something from the 138th ENGR Combat Battalion Or from this person I would love to get in contact with family but he was not married and did not had kids so I think that’s difficult but who knows any help I very welcome to find something about the 138th ENGR or about Jack B Hunter.
Thanks and Regards Danny Janssen New - verow - 09-23-2008 Danny,
Here the address or I wrote to obtain the copies of " Individual Deceased personnel File " ( IDPFs) of my 13 soldiers , whom I adopted the tombes "cemetery colleville sur mer" . Written has the following address:
Departement of the Army U.S Total Army Personnel Command ATTN: TAPC-PAO, FOIA Room 7 N 50 200 Stovall Street Alexandria - VA 22332-0400 USA
2 to 3 months are needed to hope to obtain an answer.
3 months later I received copy of "Individual Deceased Personnel File" concerning my soldiers. Every file made 31 pages where I found where they had lived in US The address of their parents their military route , how and where they was killed..
And here is the model of my letter :
Dear Sir,
I would like to have some information about the a soldiers killed in action during WWII and buried in France " At the normandy American Cemetery - St Laurent Colleville / Mer. Name......... Army Serial...... Unit...... Date of Death........ Place of Death.......
I belong to the association < Les Fleurs de la mémoire> (The flowers of memory) I regularly visit their tombs and lay flowers on it , paying tribute to this soldiers fallen to liberate my country . I would be very thankful to you if I could get their " IDPF " and know more about his short life.
Here is my address: Mr Mme............
Sincerely yours .
Signature.
This service asks for fees
PS:I managed to find 11 families with whom I correspond regularly. For my greatest happiness.
VEE New - verow - 09-23-2008 Danny,
I find this on The National Archives
Field Title Value Meaning ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 34875432 NAME HUNTER#JACK#B########### RESIDENCE: STATE 45 MISSISSIPPI RESIDENCE: COUNTY 149 WARREN PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 45 CP SHELBY MISSISSIPPI DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 26 DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 10 DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 43 GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# Private GRADE: CODE 8 Private BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION NO# No branch assignment BRANCH: CODE 02 No branch assignment FIELD USE AS DESIRED # # TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5 Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law LONGEVITY ### ### SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life NATIVITY 45 MISSISSIPPI YEAR OF BIRTH 25 RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen EDUCATION 4 years of high school CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 992 Undefined Code MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 7 Selectees (Enlisted Men) CARD NUMBER # # BOX NUMBER 0861 FILM REEL NUMBER 3.283
Vee New - Walt's Daughter - 09-23-2008 I see you are in good hands already, with the great assistance of Verow (affectionately known as Vee)!
Welcome to our humble forum. May you feel right at home. I hope we can continue to help you in your pursuit of knowledge.
M1 New - danny@NL - 09-23-2008 Thanks for the info already verow. this info i already have only the box numer and film reel number are new for me but i dond know what that means. hope that some knows what this means and yes i wil send a letter to the adress you provided.
BTW great site if anyone needs info about the Margraten cemetery let me know i work 30min away and i have contact persons over there.
around 8000soldiers are here and they are vissit every day by a lot of persons. its is in the middel of the hills at a realy studding place
BTW sorry for the bad english
regards danny New - j3rdinf - 09-24-2008
Danny: Many thanks for adopting a grave for one of our hereos. Joe: 3rd Inf Div, ETO WW 2. New - CaptO - 09-24-2008 Welcome aboard! I, too, thank you for your service to our fallen servicemen. I don't often forget it could have been my grandfather under one of those crosses. I was lucky in that he survived the war (and a busy war it was for the men of the 540th and other units who saw action from N. Africa to VE day) and I had him until only a few years ago.
Thanks again for what you do and all others who do likewise (thanks Vee!!) New - danny@NL - 09-26-2008 Here is a Pic of the grave of the soldier who I have adopted.
Regards Danny
hope that the Pic is in the Message. New - Art's Daughter - 09-27-2008 Welcome Danny! I will say a prayer someone here can help you out. New - Melissa1998 - 10-20-2014 Danny, I don't know if you are still doing this wonderful act of kindness. But I just wanted to tell you that because you adoped Jack. I have found a cousin. I had been looking for a long time, but thanks to you I found him. I cried like a baby when I saw his Cross. I wish I had found this earlier, but I just found your post here a few days ago. Thanks again. |