Exciting letter France - 540th Engineer

[Walt's Daughter]

Here's the translation:

 

Hello Marion:

 

Thank you a lot for replying to my email. I found this dogtag in BARENTHAL in the area of the Moselle (In France close to the Vosges)

 

As I stated, I re-discovered a former camp of the US ARMY and a little equipment and the dogtags of five soldiers and some collar pins of US engineers.

 

I did not know the regiment that was in this camp, I typed the name of the soldier WILLIAM COX on GOOGLE and I had the page of your website (Awards, honors and decorations 42-45) and I found WILLIAM COX was decorated with a purple heart on 1-22-1944.

 

Thanks to you and your work, I learned the rank of WILLIAM COX that I was unaware of and which regiment was in BARENTHAL.

 

I found the dogtags of the following GIs:

 

1- TACKETT EARL - 34362528 - PRIVATE

2- LEONARD FLYOD - 39150331 - PRIVATE

3- CLAUNCH CURTIS - 34102886 - PRIVATE

4- LYMAN KAY - 19171144 - PRIVATE (Found by my friend who searches with me)

 

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

 

I searched this camp for a year but I cannot return there more than once or twice a month.

 

I will show you the bigger photos of the forest and individual foxholes of the soldiers.

 

Best regards,

 

Damien