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.
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PS:I managed to find 11 families with whom I correspond regularly. For my greatest happiness.
VEE