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How to trace an American GI
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Karen | Report | 22 Aug 2006 15:50 |
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I wanted his birth cert so I could verify the information we found on Ancestry. |
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Judy | Report | 22 Aug 2006 07:02 |
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I work at one of the American Legion posts here in the US and I am required to help new members obtain their family member's DD 214 forms...this form is required to become a member of the American Legion (a group of Veterans and Veteran's family members) who do various charitable work for our Veterans and our communities. Anyway, next of kin can obtain, free of charge, their family member's Seperation and Discharge papers (DD 214 Form) as well as a list of what, if any metals were received, and a host of other information. You can apply online or through the mail....and there should be, somewhere on the site, a telephone number to make contact. This is the governments official site: http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/dd-214.html Judy |
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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! | Report | 20 Aug 2006 00:04 |
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You might be able to find him on the US census records. These go up until 1930. Rose |
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Eileen | Report | 19 Aug 2006 22:45 |
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Hi Karen, why do you need his birth cert. if you have his army no. and his home address.? When I was trying to trace my Canadian soldier father I had his army no. on my birth cert. so I wrote to Canada House in London and they passed my letter on to the military records dept. I did not want to say that I was tracing my birth father, so I simply said that this soldier - giving his name and no. - had done my father a particular service during the war and I wanted to contact him. A bit sneaky I know, but he had done my adoptive father a good turn in a way, so it wasn't really fibbing. Anyway, I got a sympathetic answer saying that they were sorry to have to tell me that he had died in the 1970s. You could try the same sort of tactic to the American Embassy. Of course if you actually need a birth cert. to continue tracing a line and to get the names of the next parents back in that line my method will not be of much use to you. Good luck anyway Eileen |
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Karen | Report | 19 Aug 2006 21:42 |
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My husband's grandfather returned to Georgia after the war. We have his army number and home address. Has anyone any advice on how to obtain his birth certificate? Thanks Karen |
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