Thank you for all you do, and thank you for joining our forum. It's an honor to have you as members.
Let's see what we can discover about Harold F Cassidy.
We look forward to chatting with you. Hopefully we can be of assistance.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
Hello Ed & Anita, welcome to the forum, and thank you for adopting the graves of our fallen.
Info from the 1920 US Census:
Harold F Cassidy was born in 1908 in Bronx, New York County, New York.
Father, James Cassidy born abt 1880 in New York
Mother's name: Katherine Cassidy born abt 1884 in Ireland
brothers & sisters:
John Cassidy born abt 1906
Harold Cassidy 1908
Viola Cassidy born abt 1916
Arthur Cassidy born abt 1916
He enlisted in the Army on February 6, 1943 in New York City, New York. He was noted as being employed as a kitchen worker and also as Single, with dependents.
Harold was a member of Co. C, 1st Battalion, 424th Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division.
From After Action Reports of the 424th:
"The 1st Bn, 424th Inf, was committed at 161145A ( 16 Dec,44, 11:45am) to eject the enemy from the center of the sector of the 424th infantry and then to hold Winterspelt."
Harold was "Killed In Action" near Winterspelt, Germany, 16 Dec 44.
He was first buried (temporary) at Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium, later buried at Henri- Chapelle Permanent Cemetery, Belgium.
Individual Deceased Personel Files (293 File) are NOT stored at NPRC in St Louis and were NOT burned in the 1973 fire. Many Soldiers Personal files (201 Files) were what was lost in the 1973 fire.
Hello Ed & Anita, welcome to the forum, and thank you for adopting the graves of our fallen.
Info from the 1920 US Census:
Harold F Cassidy was born in 1908 in Bronx, New York County, New York.
Father, James Cassidy born abt 1880 in New York
Mother's name: Katherine Cassidy born abt 1884 in Ireland
brothers & sisters:
John Cassidy born abt 1906
Harold Cassidy 1908
Viola Cassidy born abt 1916
Arthur Cassidy born abt 1916
He enlisted in the Army on February 6, 1943 in New York City, New York. He was noted as being employed as a kitchen worker and also as Single, with dependents.
Harold was a member of Co. C, 1st Battalion, 424th Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division.
From After Action Reports of the 424th:
"The 1st Bn, 424th Inf, was committed at 161145A ( 16 Dec,44, 11:45am) to eject the enemy from the center of the sector of the 424th infantry and then to hold Winterspelt."
Harold was "Killed In Action" near Winterspelt, Germany, 16 Dec 44.
He was first buried (temporary) at Foy Cemetery, Bastogne, Belgium, later buried at Henri- Chapelle Permanent Cemetery, Belgium.
Individual Deceased Personel Files (293 File) are NOT stored at NPRC in St Louis and were NOT burned in the 1973 fire. Many Soldiers Personal files (201 Files) were what was lost in the 1973 fire.
Thx you very much for all the information about Cassidy and his familiy, also for the info. about the IDPF's.
Forgive us but now we don't know if we did the wright thing to write to Fort Knox.
Do we have to write again to the adres you gave us in Alexandria?
We will place the letter they send us back and after this letter we send them our E-mail adress en asked for the IDPF's from 2 more soldiers from the Walls of Missing Margraten.
Because we adopted these 2 soldiers after we send a letter to Fort Knox.
We place the answer from Fort Knox so you can read what they wrote to us.
Read it please and can you tell us what we must do next? wait or write to Alexandria or?
Thank you so much for what you do. I wish more people in the US knew that this sort of thing went on (I didn't know about it until I joined this forum). If people did know more about it, I'm sure it would bring comfort to the families of the men who fell. Hopefully, they do know what you and so many other people over there because it shows the deep respect you have for those young men and what they did. As a service man myself, I am thankful for people like you who look after those who have worn the uniform before me. It is deeply appreciated.
After reading your letter from FT Knox, it appears that they can & will obtain the IDPFs for you so you do not need to send another request to Alexandria. 20 weeks is about average for getting info. Since they can scan the files & send them to you in email, there will probaly be no charge.
Thank you so much for what you do. I wish more people in the US knew that this sort of thing went on (I didn't know about it until I joined this forum). If people did know more about it, I'm sure it would bring comfort to the families of the men who fell. Hopefully, they do know what you and so many other people over there because it shows the deep respect you have for those young men and what they did. As a service man myself, I am thankful for people like you who look after those who have worn the uniform before me. It is deeply appreciated.
Todd
Hello Todd
Thank you for the compliment, we like to do this for these soldiers. WWII is long ago but that doesn't matter. You must know that all the graves on American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten (Netherlands) are adopted.
The foundation is particularly pleased that all 8301 graves have been adopted. Herewith the adoption register is completely updated. We consider it not to be a secret that volunteers of our foundation have worked thousands of hours in order to achieve this. Yet the result speaks for it self and therefore we are very proud. The news that all graves have been adopted does not indicate that graves will no longer become ‘vacant’ for adoption. Nothing is less true. The reality shows us that with e.g. the death of an adoptive father, emigration etc. graves, less frequently, will become ‘vacant’ again. Signing up for the adoption of graves is still possible. When no graves are available when you sign up, your name will be put on a waiting list. Signing up is possible by following the procedure described in the next article.
So we adopted 2 soldiers (names) on the Walls of Missing in Margraten.
Eindelijk weer Nederlanders erbij.
