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

Danny,

I find this on The National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/

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

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

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

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

Danny: Many thanks for adopting a grave for one of our hereos. Joe: 3rd Inf Div, ETO WW 2.

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!!)

Here is a Pic of the grave of the soldier who I have adopted.

Regards Danny

hope that the Pic is in the Message.

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Welcome Danny!

I will say a prayer someone here can help you out.

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.

Melissa, this is so heart-warming. I totally understand your excitement and your tears of joy. That's what this forum is all about. Welcome!