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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondence with Pierre Keuler Pagina 1 an l Pierre & Lily Keulers Van: "Pierre & Lily Keulers" <gpkeulers@versatel.nl> Aan: <Iwlnk2@aol.com> Verzonden: donderdag 18 juni 2009 11:27 Onderwerp: Sam Slight Dear Anne, I send you all what I know about Sam Slight,my hero here in Margraten. Maybe it will find a place in your museum. From July 1 till July 31 we are in holidays in Belgium enjoying the sea with our grandson Jules. But before we go I mail to tell you what happens and what will be happen. 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EDWARDS STUART, IOWA OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS SAMMUEL E SLIGHT A.S.NO. 37652032 FOR SERVICE RENDERDED IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS PRESENTED BY OSBORN W DEIGNAN POST 1842 VETERANS OF FOREIGN, WARS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO EMMA D. EDWARDS STUART, IOWA i THE UNITED STATES OF AMER ICA. TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENT GREETINGS THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AFRICA HAS AWARDED THE AMERIGM 'ClWAIGN MEDAL TO EMMA D. EDWARDS STUART, I0W* FOR MILITARY AMERICAN CAMPAIGN OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS SAMMUEL E SLIGHT A.S.NO. 37652032 FOR SERVICE RENDERDED IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITES 'STATES OF AMERICA IN THE UNITED STATES OF AFRICA DURING WORLD WAR II PRESENTED BY OSBORN W DEIGNAN POST 1842 VETERANS OF FOREIGN' WARS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO EMMA D. EDWARDS STUART, IOWA pop' mp' i THE UNITED STATES OF FICA TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENT GREETINGS THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS AWARDED THE IWROPEAN AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 BRONZE SERVICE STARS TO EWA D. EDWARDS STUART, IOWA FOR MILITARY CAMPAIGN OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS SAMMUEL E SLIGHT A.S.NO. 37652032 ~I FOR SERVICE RENDERED IN THE ARMY OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS PRSSEl4TED BY OSBORN W DEIGNAN POST IW VETERANS OF FOREIGN. WARS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO EM14A D. EDWARDS STUART, IOWA y THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENT GREETINGS THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL TO EMMA D. E WARDS STUART, IOWA FOR MILITARY MERIT OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS SAMMUEL E SLIGHT A.S.NO. 37652032 FOR SERVICE H3NDERDED IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESENTED BY OSBORN W DEIGNAN POST 1842 VETERANS OF FOREIGN" WARS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO EM D. EDWARDS STUART, IOWA THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS GREETINGS THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS AWARDED THE GOLD STAR TO EMMA D. EDWARDS STUART, IOWA IN GREATFUL MEMORY OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS SAMMUEL E SLIGHT A.S.NO. 37652032 IN EUGOPEAN THEATER OF OPERATION NOVEMBER 29,1944. HE STANDS IN THE UNBROKEN LINE OF PATRIJTS WHO DARED TO DIE THAT FREEDOM MIGHT LIVE AND GROW AND IN INCREASE ITS BLESSINGS FREEDOM LIVES AND THROUGH IT HE LIVES IN A WAY THAT HUMBLES THE UNDERTAKINGS OF MOST MEN. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT .OF THE UNITED -STATES .OF AMERIC PRESENTED BY OSBORN W DEIGNAN POST 1842 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO EMMA D. EDWARDS STUART, IOWA i I 814th Tank Destruyer mrs. Utl,IIlp E&a.rds, East Ughway Villas e, Section 4, reorie., IlUnois. Dear Mfrs. Edwards It is with the deepest regret tzi t 1 ~ ra ~e to ai i er i,,V *rmpathy in the death of your son, Private First Class Samuel E. aa.i.ght, 37652€ 32. He was wounded in action on 25 November 1944 in testern Germary and died of wounds received in action on 29 November 1844. He was buried in Southeastern Holland with a Protestant service beiik performed by a Protestant Chaplain. Every opportunity was given hies ;y his Chaplain to be spiritual4 prepared for battle. The heroism displsyed by the American soldier in these cUWs con- tinues to amaze the world and surely holds the promise ota great future for our country. Your son's sacrifice is helping to build a better Tior].d for us all. I share your pride in him. Words are inadequate to lessen yui r sorru + and i, ereavement at this time. Yet, I am sure you will be supported by consolations of a spiritual nature. Mr the ilmigdV grant him eternal peace aza comfort you in your loss. SinceraW yours, ROBERT B. K Lieutenant Colonel., Field .artillery, Commanding. t,tss oK S~-Itvtce r_4 _ WESTERN 1 SYMBOLS Thb is o full tact Tekprtm r Cablo - DL Da. Lerlee Cgta unless its dc- dicat! ciutaecer it by A1T~Ovem he T.lcyos dieated by a suitable .ymboi tp pro. LC'Der-dC ble tulbe>Pth o address. A. N. "LLIAA r, UNI '103 N M.7-C." aNl.hc[ecm aRCaloa Nr NBWCOMB CARLTON J. C. WILLKVIM qII.,` CNAIRMlN Of TYIQ 80A~0 RIRST SIIFp il.dlp...~q t'rrt ~..+..a t!ffi. ta07O bn lie dt GP i.ne•an cd 9ara.mn and da,V lattma is STANDARD TI6t E at poJai at origin. Timt s~aceIPt % STA h DAR D TIME Ott e Ratnt ~I~dtatiaratita MR D 39 - 7 extra Govt ;I WUX Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 1944. via Stuart, Iowa, Dec. 1.2, 1944. M rg. F tma. D. Edwards, Via DesMoines, la c/o Rex Murphy, Dec. 12r 1944. Dexter, Io>va. Regret to inform you your son Private First Class Samuel E. Slight was slightly wounded in action twenty five November !n Germany, You will be advised as reports of condi"Ulon are received. 5 Dunlop, Acting, The Ad j t . General 1 4037 T3M COUVANT WILL AIPMECLAT6 sUGOM ONO 8ROA4 TTS PA'-NB -NC8RN1WG r.M MRVZ.Oa Pagina 1 van 1 Pierre & Lily Keulers Van: <WWJohnston c@aol_com> Aan: <gpkeulers@versatel.nl> Verzonden: woensdag 7 januari 2009 2 C6 Onderwerp: Sam Slight IPDF information Hello again, Peter I have read through the IDPF and found these things worth noting 1 - Cause of Death There is no specific cause of death given. However, when his remains were disinterred in 1948, they were recorded as being complete. I suspect that either a bullet or a small shell fragment hit him in some vital place that eventually killed him without doing damage to the rest of his body. Since there is no indication of broken bones, I suspect he was hit in the abdomen. 2 - Place of Death He died at the 53rd Field Hospital, which was then located somewhere in the Netherlands. Apparently it was close to Margraten, since he was buried at 1045 AM on the same day that he died- 3 - Personal Information He was in Company A. He was born 16 March 1922 and thus was 22 year 7 months 13 days old when he died. He entered service 23 Dec 1942 as a draftee. His mother certainly moved around during that time. When he entered service in 1942, she was Mrs. Emma Porter of Stuart Iowa. By April 1945 she is Mrs. Emma Edwards of Yates City, Illinois. She was also identified as living at Peoria, Illinois in Calvin Boykin's history of 814 TD Bn. Samuel Slight also had a brother named Wallace Slight who was living with their mother in Stuart, Iowa in 1942. Wesley Johnston New year new news_Be the first to know what is making headlines. Q.tia of Senv[c£ T RN' SYASt10LS - oz.- This is a frill-rt,te OarL< Telegram or Cable -a. ~rakar.m unless era de- fared character is era i.C~LTekr vfCo6ie dicated by a suitable r symbol aiK ve nr N N I pro- KL7-t ,y a NatAc tetnee eedioythcaddtms A, rr. wnk-LtAM9 rip v* opwe sari., or a. a, wee t evert P#446ib6Nr GWA[P.M0.rr'QT'F54rv ldt'ih~°_'• 1-?\Yt'.E-#'E1G~RG`3eT 54i~R.WTt ...~...~_..w...a..»~..._~ TM rulaY ttma stwwo is the dwue ease ae ulegtamM, anal say aatta~ is 3 [ 1'NAARD TIME at polat of or4i4}1tr a at rarEi~c s 5TAh LtARI3 Tf ed~ st polar us da~6Gaat6ae MR D 39 7 extra Govt X Washington, D,C,, Dec. 12, 1944. via Stuart, Iowa, Dec. 12, 1944. Via DegUolnes, la Mrs. F:raa D. swards, Dec. 12, 1944. CIO Rex Murphy t Dexter, Iowa. Regret to inform you your son Private First Class Samuel E. Slight was slightly wounded in action twenty five November in Germany-, you will be advised as reports of condition are received. Dunlop, Acting, The Ada t . General 407 -100L) TSL 06MY'AlYY Wt[.L APPR.T±^tA'r'R ftrlfKT?`PfIAYR vonxr rTW wmoe•4+w r.F.....n,..>..-.. *mb of ~Ufim "WO 04 WALTER L. SIERRINO, M. D. DIVISION OF cowwisnowcw Ptpwhu~ of VITAL STATISTICS i Res emohm jfrr Y APPLICATION FORM 1. This office is required by law to charge a fee of fifty cents (.50c) for each hour or fractional part of an hour devoted to searching our files for a vital record, and if the record is on file a certified copy will be issued. SEND FEE BY POSTAL MONEY ORDER. PLEASE DO NOT SEND STAMPS, AS THEY CANNOT BE ACCEPTED. Name.::-, ~t Birth r Date o£..... ~ » morel Birth Place of....- l marmi" ti !u A Father's Name Mother's Maiden Name...... t Y" r NOTE: Cross OW Ree ords not wanted. NO'T'E: U the original record is not on file, you will be prompUr xetitle& 2. YOUR PRESENT MAILING ADDRESS: r ~s f a y Present Name_.,,r'.....--:~.~..:~::. 1 z Present Address .,:.."t Very truly yours, J) rat; . ERIc P. PFEIFFER, M.D., C.P.H., Director g` `s ,H t i CAMP POLK,LOUISIANA #,r 9'r-mac A~C~~~~KJf' 1 r Z- 'A T 147- fjT~ Rmerikaan5e Begraatplaat5 margraten r . P if IIca# uan SOLDAAT: SLIGHT SAMUEL: E VAK, RI), GRAF: C - 6 - 23 RANG: PFC REGISTRATIENUMMER: 37652032 EENHEID: 814 TD BN DATUM VAN SNFUVELEN: 29 NOV 44 SJ-AAT: IOWA ADOPT: NT: G.P. Keulers Heuvelstraat 10 61.91 AK Beek Namens de Stichting Adoptie Graven lmcrikaanse Beg as p! z . Vl acn. Margraten, augustus 2004 De_Voorzitter, De Secret.u,~, J.A.M. Opreij-Bendermacher I.P.Ii. ~1. Au,,; s- ~ Fi :._.c-- ~ ,,~...L..i 4 j~ M1.31T[aqei'ZN European Region Automated Regist--R_1......,.` Cemetery... . N HERLA.NE)S Plot, Row, Grave: C 6 23 Serial number...: 37652032 Unit 514 TD BN State or Country: IA Date of Death... 29 NO 44 The American Battle Monuments Commission of the lower Rhine River. Last, on the east wall, the map Netherlands American Cemetery records the operations in the crossing of the Roer and the advance to the Rhine. They, too, are accompanied by a The American Battle Monuments Commission descriptive inscription. (ABMC), established by law in 1923, is an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the US Government. The Commission is responsible for commemorating the services and achievements of United States Anned Forces where they have served since April 6, 1917 (the date of US A. . entry into World War I) through the erection of suitable memorial shrines; for designing, constructing, operating and maintaining permanent US military cemeteries and memorials in foreign countries; for controlling the design and construction of US military monuments and markers in foreign countries by other US citizens and organizations, . , r both public and private; and encouraging the maintenance of such monuments and markers by their sponsors. This cemetery occupies 65.5 acres of gently rolling ~e : fi `Ilk farmland. The site was liberated on 13 September 1944, by troops of the US 30th Infantry Division, a part of the US First Army, which were advancing northeastward toward The chapel and lower. A bronze sculpture group the Roer River in Germany. A battlefield cemetery, one of stands before the tower at the east end of the Court of the first to be used for interment of American soldiers who Honor. The mourning figure, the doves, the new shoot fell on German soil, was established here on 10 November from the war-destroyed tree are befittingly described by 1944 by the US Ninth Army. Free use as a permanent the inscription on the stone base: NEW LIFE FROM burial ground was granted by the government of the WAR'S DESTRUCTION PROCLAIMS MAN'S Netherlands in perpetuity without charge or taxation. IMMORTALITY AND HOPE FOR PEACE. The west face of the tower bears an inscription from a free translation of Pericles' oration as recorded by Thucydides. The tower rises 101 feet above the Court of Honor. Its exterior walls, like those of the Court of Honor and the entrance pavilions, are built of English Portland stone. On the walls flanking it to the left and right are the names of significant battles fought by the soldiers and " airmen commemorated here: MAASTRICHT * EINDHOVEN * GRAVE ~4 NIJMEGEN * ARNHEM * JULICH * LINNICH , z ; GEILENKIRCHEN * KREFELD * VENLO a RHEINBERG * COLOGNE * WESEL * RUHR On the north side of the tower is the entrance to ! t. the observation platform, reached by 149 steps, which General Layout. From the entrance gate on the affords a wide panorama of the countryside, as well as a south side of the Maastricht-Aachen highway the approach comprehensive view of the burial area's pattern. drive leads to the right, around a grassed oval, to the steps The entrance to the chapel, reached after leading to the Court of Honor. mounting a few steps, is east, on the burial side of the The Court of Honor of the memorial leads to the tower. The doors are of bronze and bear in outline a Tree tower containing the chapel. Beyond the chapel is the of Life. Above them is engraved: burial area. IN MEMORY OF THE VALOR AND THE SACRIFICES WHICH HALLOW THIS SOIL The Memorial, Flanking the entrance to the Court The interior of the chapel is 52 feet high. of Honor on the south side is the Visitors' Building. On the Suspended from the ceiling is the handsome lighting north side is the museum room. fixture presented by the Dutch people and consisting of a Engraved on the Roman Travertine walls within royal crown surrounded by tiny lights recalling the the museum are three maps embellished with mosaic and firmament above. The silver flower vase on the altar as bronze and enamel appliqu6s. The large map on the north well as the wrought iron candelabrum are other gifts of wall records the military operations from the landings in the Dutch people. The altar, of oak, bears the inscription: Normandy until the end of the war. Mention is also made HONOR * FAITH * VALOR of the strategic air attacks which started in 1942. Mounted on the south wall of the chapel are three Accompanying the map is a descriptive text in English and US National flags, a Christian Chapel flag and a Jewish Dutch. Chapel flag. On the west wall the map portrays the daring large-scale airborne operation which was intended to The Court of Honor. Extending from the steps outflank the fortified Siegfried Line and seize the crossings to the tower is the Court of Honor with its reflecting pool. Engraved on the north and south walls of the Court are the The plantings. Characteristic American oaks names, rank, organization, and the state of 1,722 Missing of line the central mall. Prominent are beds of the Army and Army Air Corps. These men gave their lives rhododendron which produce their wealth of blossom in the service of their Country in this region, but their just before Memorial Day each year. Among the other remains were not recovered or positively identified. An plants at the cemetery are the hawthorn hedges, as well asterisk marks those who were subsequently recovered. as the areas of various species of oak, and crataegus. Their names include men from every State of the Union The curved beds north and south of the (except Alaska) and the District of Columbia. memorial are filled with Polyantha roses framed within a Over these names in the north wall, with a Dutch coping of dwarf buxus and backed by a holly hedge. translation in the south wall, is carved: HERE ARE The architects for the cemetery and memorial RECORDED THE NAMES OF AMERICANS WHO were Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott, of GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR Boston, Massachusetts. The bronze group was designed COUNTRY AND WHO SLEEP IN UNKNOWN GRAVES by Joseph Kiselewski, of New York City. The landscape architects were Clarke, Rapuano and Halleran also of New York City. Construction of the cemetery and memorial was completed in 1960. The dedication ceremony was held on 7 July that same year. Netherlands American Cemetery 6269 NA Margraten The Netherlands TEL: (31) 43.45.81.208 p . FAX: (31) 43.45.82.045 / e-mail: Netherlands, i,,~i~,:ii=;.~~v website: http://www.abmc.gov The graves area is divided into 16 plots, lettered from A to P, separated by the broad central mall and by grass paths. The 8,301 headstones, Stars of David for those who professed the Jewish faith and Latin crosses for all others are arranged in parallel arcs sweeping across the broad green lawn. Of the 8,302 Dead who gave their lives in their Country's service, from every State in the Union, the District of Columbia, England, Canada, and Mexico, 106 are Unknowns whose remains were never positively identified. They represent 43 percent of those who were originally buried in temporary cemeteries in this region. Most of them gave their lives in the airborne and ground operations to liberate eastern Holland, during the advances into Germany over the Roer and across the Rhine and in air operations over these regions. In no less than 40 instances two brothers lie buried side by side, while one headstone marks the common grave of two Unknowns. At the top of the hill, on the axis of the mall, is the flagstaff. 02/2006 pagina 1 van 1 5 r Y _ fit. sp P t I I` cl t[ i u"C t , http://www.abmc.gov/images/ne2w.jpg 13-6-2007 pagina 1 van 1 00 sr n R 00 http://www.abmc.gov/images/ne3w.jpg 13-6-2007 . V - a- R V 1~ .i i r ' ~ r, Jl jV, n }'f1 ~ ~_~-,r„ ~ ~ 1 t Adoptiegraven-Margraten pagina l van 2 History of adopting graves The idea of adopting the graves of American liberators originated in February of 1945. "hhe "13u1-Uer Comite Margraten" (Citizens' Committee of Margraten) was established to that end. The goal adopted by the committee was to generate support for the American Cemetery with the help of a large-scale adoption campaign. A person adopting a grave was expected to regularly visit the gravc adopted, to lay flowers. and - if that person so desired - to maintain contacts with the surviving relatives in the US. .W ai ~tlt' TWA ~~t' ~,'-A►". % The response to the campaign was overwhelming. At the first Memorial Day celebration in 1945, all the graves were bedecked with flowers. On the second Memorial Day, a year later, all the graves present, which totalled 18,764 at the time, had been adopted. Captain Shomon - the founder of the American Cemetery - praised the members of the committee for all the work carried out. AWN The "Citizens' Committee of Margraten" played a role in launching an extensive series of correspondence between the people adopting the graves and the surviving relatives of the fallen. This resulted in a great many contacts/friendships, which survive to this day. In 2002, as the members of the citizens' committee became older and new administrative and communi-cations equipment became available, the work of the committee was taken over by the. Association for Adopting Graves at the American Cemetery of Margraten, which was created for that purpose. The members of the new association are primarily people with close links to the social and cultural life of the municipality of Margraten. The association considers as its primary goal to http w"-w.adoptiegraven-margraten.nl~englisch~geschiedenis_htm 3-6-2008 840 7 Shadow Oaks College Station, Texas 77845-4003 17 April 2008 Mr. Gerard Peter Keulcrs Heuvelstraat 10 6191 AK Beek (L.) The Netherlands Dear Gerard, Enclosed is a photocopy of the Individual Deceased Personnel File (1DPF) pertaining to Private First Class Samuel E. Slight as sent to me by Chief Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Officer, Department of the Army, U. S. Army Human Resources Command, 200 Stovall Street, Alexander, Virginia 22332-0400. The pages remain just as they were on my recent receipt and no pages have been eliminated. I had expected to receive more information about the circumstances of Samuel Slight's death, but this has not been the case. That he served with Company A of the 814' Tank Destroyer Battalion and the date of his death in Holland you already knew. His mother, according to these pages, had to wait some time to receive his personal effects. Among these personal effects are two items I will make a comment on: The Holy Bible with a metal cover is interesting. My mother had sent me one, the salesman's pitch for having such metal covers offered protection from a bullet or a piece of shrapnel from penetrating a soldier's heart. I remember reading a memo from higher headquarters, one warning soldiers that a bullet through the metal cover would only increase the damage to the soldier. I note also that a ring from Algiers was in Samuel's personal effects. It could be that Samuel served in North Africa before being transferred to the 810. I remember several such soldiers being transferred to the 814' while we were in England. However, for all I know, this coin may have been collected in some manner by Samuel from one of the soldiers who joined the 814'hafter serving in North Africa. I have not been charged for receipt of the enclosed copy, the only expense to me being that of mailing. Don't worry about this. Again, I send my appreciation for your and your family's long term caring for the grave of one of the 814th 's lost soldiers, Pfc. Samuel P. Slight. Cordially yours. Q "I I "-A&)-,Ut vv-,- C , 13-Oh (M7\ :t Calvin C. Boykin, Jr., Former member of Reconnaissance Company, 814'hTank Destroyer Battalion Y v2 = ~14 13 ~~i(cu7 l f' . gap 4 I 'c slZ'R QUAL" I VID UAL -D E CEA S- LED PERSONNEL FILE i . FIAT: C ROF 6 GFAVE: 23 RICHMERT T. HAUT.AY II n4TJ 0~. BURAL.: h A 1 49 DISINTERMENT DIRECTIVE 0-5146834 IMIFIED BY GP.S 04 Chi;.: TEFT: caps. L. AME 33778737 DIRECTIVE NUMBER DATE G SECTION A- 4650 1.4?30 3-5104,48 NAME AND >t1lAlAl LOCATION OF DECEASED DAY MONTH YEAR NAME MAI NUMBER RANK ARM DATE OF DEATH 37652032"' FC 3. „w : w.-~ DAY MONTH WAR CEMETERY DISPOSITION OF REMAINS CODE I WT. PT. PLOT Row GRAVE - COUNTRY CAUSE OF DEATH 236 H*LLAND' 3- SECTION B- CONSIGNEE AND NEXT OF NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS OF NEXT.OF KIN L'.. ~N'7 MARARATON, HOLLAND MRS. EM MA D. EDWARDS (MOTHER) BOX 6} YATES CITY, ILLINOIS SECTION C- DISINTERMENT ANO IDENTIRCATION NAME SERIAL NUMBER RANK DATE OF DEATH DATE vanNT"m SLIGHT 37652032 Pn 16 JULY 1948 IDENTIFICATION TAG ON ORGANIZATION RHIGION IDBwnriCATKNS VERIFIED BY REMAINS USAW P YD-9 B SPAS t CA2T FAt ® MARKER NAME AND ME SECT ON 0- PREPARATION OF RERIM FOR SHIPMENT NATURE OF BURIAL CONDMON OF REMAINS XATTRiCSS COY.a R 2"INS CCKPI s'fS, OTHER MEANS Of IDENTFICATION m) MINOR DISCREPANCIES I NON& REMAINS PREPARED AND RACED IN CASKET DATE 6 9 48 Y CASKET SEALED BY EMBALMER re) 1 xt3 T PAT SON e'4 CASKET BOXED AND MARKED TAGS, ! HOURT Y, ERUIS ARMXD BY: DATE 16/7 48BY CLAM RXORDRR 1 hereby certify that all the foregoing operations were CxWuded and accomplished immediate wpervision and that the report above iS correct. ~ 4 SIGNATURE G OR I Prepare D/aerep-cy Report J?MC Form 1194s for major diecrep...*.. FILE REQOP48 #NN%TA , TED o DMA 11E A _ N ---------f REV 15 MAR 46 194 T. iii 7 ±r~rf~~. Xgm_ r1TS! Al - - - -mow R E S T R I C T E D INVENTORY FORM - 29 Rc, ember 1944 Date ku"JECT: Inventory of Personal Effects of: -alight. Samuel 37652032 (Last Name) (First Name) (Mi) (Rank) (ASH) TO: Effects Quartelaimster, Communications Zone, App 887 LS Army The above naasd individual of Go. A. 814th T.D. Unit Organization was ""ported DOW about 29 November 1944 Status MIA, MIA, Flosp. et. - Date Desldnate.` Beneficiary if information readily accessible law Porter j - i INVENTORY OF EFFECTS 6 ouvenir Bak Notes 1 Registration Certificate 4-~' 1 Billfold 1 Religious kablen v- 21 Souvenir Goins ` 1 Ring, ringer (Algiers Souv4mTYi - 1 Drivers License, Civilian A--- 1 Social Security Card ,4--- 1 Finger Nail X11-per s-- 1 Flahin and Hunting, License L l Peg v Z 3'nives i.- 1 Ughter v 1 Mgney Order Receipt A Pensil V Fhotogra phs ti' ,'1 Photograph Holder ji in the amount of None has been turned into (Name of finance office and symbdt numbe Form WDFD 38 enclosed. rj~ Names and addresses of aW Banks in which accounts may be carried: I certify that the above items constitute all of the effects, secured by me, of the above namft individual and that they were forwarded to the Effects Depot by Me on 194,_. 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(D tan N 03 A7 G (D 0- F' :1 rt O "C n ® CO ~3• Fi p ~ - cJ; 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion Dcaths in Europe pagina 9 van, 10 o Home Mate: JA G Buried at: Wheatland PresbN terian Church Cemetery : Breda, IA Click for his photo. Michael _1 (33266722) - Company 14Q Co 43. S111I'y, . Pvt. o Died: December 18, 1944 - vic. Vielsalm-St. Vith, Belgium o Last Duty Location: vic. Vielsalm-St. Vitt-4 Belgium on December 18, 1944 4 MOS: unknown c Home State: PA o Buried at. - 44. Slieht.Pfc. Samuel E. (37652032) - Company unknown o Died: November 29, 1944 -location unknown o Last Duty Location: ?vicinity of Gereonsweiler - Setterich". Germany on November 25, 1944 a MOS: unknown © Home State: IA o Buried at: Netherlands L7SMC (Margraten, Holland) C-6-23 Click here for his photo. 45. Sypkowski._CD1. Stanley A. (32679223) - Company unkn- own o Died: date unknown - location unknown o Last Duty Location: unknown on unknown date o MOS: unknown o Home State: NY a Buried at: Buried in US - WHERE`? 46. Tongay,~Set. Darrell K. (37404866) - Company unknown o Died: August-1 7, 1944 - location unknown o Last Duty Location: France on unknown date o MOS: unknown o Home State: MO a Buried at: Saint Francois Memorial Park; Bonne Terre, MO Click for two newspaper articles about him. 47. Wa L Pvt. Richard J. G. (37492840) - Company unknown o Died: date unknown - location unknown o Last Duty Location: unknown on unknown date o MOS: unknown o Home State: KS o Buried at: Buried in US - WHERE.' 48. Wayt, Pvt._Freil_(37704754) -Company unknown o Died: October 29, 1944 - location unknown a Last Duty Location: Holland on unknown date a MOS: unknown o Home State: CO o Buried at: Netherlands USMC (Margraten, Holland) WOM If you are a family member wishing to help to identify the remains of your soldier, Lai.:,.°rc £e -f a_ x of"it 49. Wennerstrand, Est Lt._Clifford Samuel (0-18 257 785) - Company C httP=";,N-A:,,7tharm€ldiv.or T1= eath.htin 6-11-10OR i T,.1- Y~1 l NW ,d 1204 SYMBOLS a-o.Y t..tt.r Cass OF 5,acvrca w1ron N.~yk},t Lemt This b o fuGhla-ii-nte /1®)i ♦ TekIIram at UNIC'N {sYted charoarc ib in- YB.T-G61a Mkt 4w h'I S wltabk arnbol ai>ov¢ of pt¢.R 1bait.g the addt.aa. W. P. MARSHALL- P-"104b" t6 - ►t ptiab o! tS¢LL S it- m t~ tdaStatta tm o . A N ARn TI Wd - .t twi~i atiS a the 4- b" t N R 1S '.j.X Gor. PIS ,7UX 'ita,shingto;; D C 2 YATES CITY ILL th. Lire iilliam Aa dEVard$ ,eno t. deliver,, ie jiiS CYNTHIA JySS',:P 'the seoretmry of tl e Army hPIS naked me to express his deer regret t??t t your son Sgt Slight Wallaoe L. has bet'n miRR.Lrg in Potion in &orea since 2 Nov. ~Q UDon receipt of fur}her information in ti is uafioe you will be advised im.ediately PD confirning letter ~ follows. s F,cwera F Witsell Major General USA the Adjutant General yf Army Family Slight Father John Slight agricultural albourer Mother Emma D. Slight - Jessup Children: Samuel E Slight 1922 Herseut W Slight 1924 Wallace W Slight 1926 Allen E Slight 1928 Lived in 1940 in Harrison,Adair county,IOWA r~= i f. f h T C r ? c • • i Fl- C:5- n I ~ 4- D r~ ~ 5 n a.~p v v, C~ w ph nab ~ J ~+i -I- S Z ~ e e„s ~MSE'1!~ M 1089 - sod (Dag y