I was watching this video the other day, and left a comment. Well the gentleman contacted his grandfather, and had him email me. So now I am in contact with another WWII combat engineer. The very cool thing? He only lives about an hour or so away from me in Michigan.
I just replied to his email, so will let you know what transpires.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Hi Marion,
I photographed this headstone of a KIA 1277th soldier a few years ago. The grave is located in Oakland Cemetery Moberly, Missouri. When I come across the graves of KIA's like this I try and research them a little to find out their story. The map now gives me the general location of where he met his end. Thanks for sharing, Randy.
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Oh you got it. You never know what a tidbit of information will lead you. And thank you for sharing your discovery.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter 'Monday' Poniedzialek
540th Combat Engineer - H&S Company
Interesting connection between the headstone and the clipping from when he died. I would suppose there is a lot of that out there, but it just takes looking for.
Maj Todd O. USMC, Retired
Grandson of LTC John O'Brien