Author Topic: Military Veterans Please Help Me (espec. USMC) (Read 343 times)

Masherbrum · « **on:** November 21, 2006, 05:17:22 PM »

I am trying to acquire a picture of my Grandfather (USMC in WWII)

I call Parris Island and speak to a lady.

I provide her with:

Name: Charles A. Freuchtel
Service #: 1000557
Platoon: 494
6th Battlion

3 Drill Instructors

Now she needs to know the Month, Day and year he graduated boot camp?!
My grandmother is 85 (the memory TENDS to slip after a awhile), and says he went to Guam from Boot Camp (July 21st, 1944 was the landing).

Can ANYONE help me? I feel as if she didn't want to do anything to help me.

midnight Target · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2006, 08:39:43 PM »

Not much help here except my Father-in-law was a Marine in that same landing. He was wounded on Guam.

Airscrew · « **Reply #2 on:** November 21, 2006, 09:13:27 PM »

Karaya , try this site

http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/index.html

it might give you a starting place. may also be someone there that can help with the search.

Airscrew · « **Reply #3 on:** November 21, 2006, 09:43:43 PM »

on the same site, search archive enlistment records
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)

World War II Army Enlistment Records, created, 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946

http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=3360&cat=all&bc=sl

using this I was able to find enlistment records for one of my grandfather's brothers and a cousin, but not his