A touching letter from the Netherlands

[Walt's Daughter]

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)

Buried at: Plot D Row 10 Grave 5

Netherlands American Cemetery

Margraten, Netherlands

Awards: Purple Heart