usually it can be found in the cemetery records... date of burial vs date of death.... but there are notices also in the obits..... and in private papers.... On 1/15/06, Dave Witthans <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sharon - You say in the first paragraph that you "...found out the delay...". > > Can you relay it to us? Thanks, Dave Witthans > > P.S. Valentine sure makes for a lot of work sometimes, eh? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:30 AM > Subject: Re: [IL-CHICAGO] WWII robert hillman > > > Val, > > It was because of you -- pushing me to make phone calls that I > found out the delay in the body being returned to the States, and > where he was killed. > > I have an old, color photo of Robert's stone at the cemetery [very > faded]. I examined it with a magnifying glass and came up with > 1945 for date of death. I phoned the cemetery for some info on his > father & mother, and asked for Robert's dates, too. The gal kept > saying "DATE OF BURIAL" is August 18, 1948. Robert is buried > between his parents in Irving Park Cemetery [Hazelcrest - Block > #10, Lot 31]. > > I then tracked down the Tribune info -- on March 15, 1945 he was > listed as wounded. But it was the obit, August 17, 1948 showing > Robert as KIA on March 5, 1945 that tied it all up. And I probably > never would have looked for the obit in 1948 if I had not known that > was the date of burial. > > Of course, the obit state his Grandparents, Morgan & Jean Askew. > WHO ?? I am still looking for them.... I suspect that Jean Askew is > Jenny Lyons Lockard [Robert's maternal Grandmother], who died in > ...... Christian County, IL., but have no clue for Morgan.. > > So Thanks, Val, for pushing me ........ I have also spoken with two of > my mother's cousins and one, I found out that the reason that I > could not find his mother is 1. she remarried and has a different > name and 2. She is still living at 100 years of age!! > > Sharon Buethner > > > > > On 15 Jan 2006 at 12:48, .... valentine53179 wrote: > > > excellent... > > in that you looked and posted info... but also that there was a delay > > in the return of the body to the States.... > > > > I have seen this before... and from this place LUZON... I am not sure > > the delay is specific to this place or over the battlegrounds of the > > world... but it is something that researchers can scout.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > To: > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > > > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [IL-CHICAGO] > > WWII > > > > > > Hi Val, > > > > I have a cousin on the WWII List. His parents were living in > > Chicago at the time of his death, but he is listed on the Christian > > County list [KIA]. I know that they were in Montgomery County in > > 1930, and in Chicago in 1948. > > > > Robert K. Hillman was killed in action March 5, 1945, Luzon, > > Philippines. His body was not recovered and returned to the States > > until 1948. > > > > Robert was the only child of my Great Uncle, Walter Hillman. > > > > Sharon Buethner > > > > > > > > > > On 14 Jan 2006 at 18:12, .... valentine53179 wrote: > > > > > > > http://www.accessgenealogy.com/worldwar/illinois/index.htm<http://ww > > w.accessgenealogy.com/worldwar/illinois/index.htm> > > > if you find > > someone of our lists, > post the link and with the name in the > > subject, eh? > > > ==== IL-COOK-CHICAGO Mailing List ==== > To > > unsubscribe from Digest: Send a message to > > > [email protected]<mailto:IL-COOK-CHICAGO-D-requ > > [email protected]> > that contains (in the body of the message) the > > command unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the > > US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last > > 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s1396 > > 5/rd.ashx> > > > > > ==== IL-COOK-CHICAGO Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: Send a message to > [email protected] > that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >