Maxine, I am jumping in on this thread and perhaps, I should not but based on what I have done is contact the local Veterans organization and ask for help. They are a great source or at least they have been for me. I do not know about the death benefits for widows and children that far back but as I recall there was an insurance payable to the person as selected by the service member and it did not have to be a spouse. When we Married that policy, if it had become payable would have been to his mother. He made changes the week we married and later we changed to a different type of policy but that was long ago. Just check with your local VFW and ask questions, don't take (I don't know as your answer)no as a final answer but keeping going. ellen Thanks Marilyn, > Since he was killed in action I hoped there would be more information > regarding his death; exactly where, name of battle he was in, and surely > there was some sort of medal or award, letter from the President or War > Department. He left a wife and six year old son. So wouldn't there > have been a pension? > I am grasping at straws here. (grin) > Maxine > > On 12/8/2011 4:20 AM, marilyn E B wrote: >> What records are you wanting. Check Footnote/Fold3 to see if they have >> the >> records you are wanting. A membership there is usually less expensive >> than >> ordering from NARA. You do not have to have a relationship to download >> the >> records there or someone else could check for you if you send the >> details. >> I would but I do not have a subscription at this time. >> >> Marilyn >> >> >> >> > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Ellen, I hadn't thought of that. M On 12/8/2011 7:47 AM, bruce.mckown@wavelinx.net wrote: > Maxine, I am jumping in on this thread and perhaps, I should not but based > on what I have done is contact the local Veterans organization and ask for > help. They are a great source or at least they have been for me. I do > not know about the death benefits for widows and children that far back > but as I recall there was an insurance payable to the person as selected > by the service member and it did not have to be a spouse. When we Married > that policy, if it had become payable would have been to his mother. He > made changes the week we married and later we changed to a different type > of policy but that was long ago. Just check with your local VFW and ask > questions, don't take (I don't know as your answer)no as a final answer > but keeping going. ellen > > > > Thanks Marilyn, >> Since he was killed in action I hoped there would be more information >> regarding his death; exactly where, name of battle he was in, and surely >> there was some sort of medal or award, letter from the President or War >> Department. He left a wife and six year old son. So wouldn't there >> have been a pension? >> I am grasping at straws here. (grin) >> Maxine >>

Husband career military. ellen Thanks Ellen, > I hadn't thought of that. > policy, if it had become payable would have been to his mother. He >> made changes the week we married and later we changed to a different