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From: Tom Mueller <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Looking for Military Records on Deceased WWII Veteran
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:23:15 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <20080830180314.MOBX20228.hrndva-omta02.mail.rr.com@alvied1d9d9840>


Hi all,

Many of you have probably experienced this, but it bears repeating.
More than once, I have received the form letter stating that all pertinent (to my research at the time) records were destroyed in the 1973 fire. Once I received the full 201 file later the same week, on another occasion I received the file after subsequently re-requesting same.

Tom, Librarian in Florida


--- On Sat, 8/30/08, Alvie L. Davidson CG <> wrote:

> From: Alvie L. Davidson CG <>
> Subject: Re: [APG] Looking for Military Records on Deceased WWII Veteran
> To: "'Christopher T. Smithson'" <>
> Cc: "'APG List'" <>
> Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 2:03 PM
> Hi Christopher
> If this man was released from active service at the end of
> WWII he would
> only have been given a release and a discharge. There were
> no DD-214's at
> that time.
> You might find his complete military file was destroyed at
> the fire in St
> Louis in 1973.
> Have you gone directly to the Dept. of Veteran's
> Affairs in Washington, DC?
> They take two and half forevers but you can get a file, if
> one was created
> for him. One never knows how these things get created but
> go for it.
>
>
>
> Alvie L. Davidson CG
> Lakeland, Florida
> http://alviesgenealogyspot.blogspot.com
>
> CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board
> for
> Certification of Genealogists used under license after
> periodic evaluations
> by the Board.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:] On Behalf
> Of Christopher T. Smithson
> Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 12:13 PM
> To:
> Subject: [APG] Looking for Military Records on Deceased
> WWII Veteran
>
> Hi --
>
> I have been looking for information about my
> great-uncle's service in WII,
> Howard Franklin Burkman, a native of Berks Couty,
> Pennsylvania. I sent a
> request to the NARA for a copy of his DD214 and any other
> records about his
> service. I provided his Service Number, Social Security
> Number, VA Claim
> number, his date of birth, date of death, and they came
> back saying that
> they wanted me to reconstruct his medical records and that
> they also could
> not find his DD214.
>
> I found out that he entered the service at Allentown, PA in
> 1942 and served
> in the 318th Army Infantry of the 80th Divison in Company
> J. He was
> discharged at Camp Pickett in Virginia in August of 1945.
> He also recieved
> the Purple Heart.
>
> He was born in Berks County, PA on April 11, 1921 and died
> in September
> 1964 in Reading, PA. He was married twice and both spouses
> have since
> passed away.
>
> Where else can I look to find information? I recieved the
> above information
> from the Funeral Home in Shillington, PA from what they had
> written down on
> a piece of paper in his file with no copy of the DD214.
>
> Howard was buried at Pleasant View Cemetery in Spring Twp.,
> Berks County,
> PA. He has no stone.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Christopher T. Smithson
> 127 N. Main Street
> Port Deposit, Maryland 21904-1211
> (410) 378-2733 (Home)
> (410) 690-1299 (Cell)
>
> http://www.expertgenealogy.com/?x=Smithson
>
>
>
>
>
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