This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EZ.2ADI/1111.1 Message Board Post: Dear Pamela Some initial research could be done online. You could “Ask a Librarian”. Please inform the Librarian of all info you know so far, including where you obtained date of death: http://www.broward.org/library The Librarian could look in old city directories of Fort Lauderdale, for 1951 and several years which might be relevant. If possible, supply the name of the AREA in Fort Lauderdale, such as “Pompano”, “Sunrise”, etc., as there are multiple separate directories. Listing may have been under the name of husband, listing wife’s first name, and occasionally children are named. There may have been a news item in one of two local newspapers, about the military death. Such an article might be searched in the microfilms, perhaps more than should be asked of a Librarian. Genealogical Society might do such a search in return for modest donation. Your subject was not found in SSDI (Social Security Death Index), but you could still apply to the Social Security Administration for records: http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Military files can be requested from NARA: www.archives.gov/records_management/index.html Two types of file exist, “Military” and “Pension”. To find information online, you would need to contact some specialist web sites. You could look on various search engines, for list of KOREAN War DIAs. One of these is www.askjeeves.com Do you not know any relatives of your subject, who have personal knowledge? Ruth