Thanks Deborah, You're right on the money! Catsmaw from Lexington is to be thanked also for her great sleuthing early this morning. She sent the same to me this morning, along with 3-4 other emails of followups. It appears this IS the Eugene L. Ruiz in question. It appears the military was his life. Maw was also able to find that a brother still exists, living in Florida, being 80 years old, recorded earlier this year. I called Mr. Davis, the veteran who made the query, and he said it was one of the best leads he has ever gotten. He said he would attempt to contact this gentleman and let me know if it is was a direct match. The brother was named William L. Ruiz. Let's hope the brother is still with us. Thanks to all those of you for taking the time to look. Originally, I was skeptical to place such a request to the list, since it is not specifically genealogically related, but genealogy is about families. Who else is better suited to find someone? Mr. Davis has not gotten back with me yet, but I feel good about highlighting his request, because I feel like we have a direct hit! Likewise, Mr. Davis is timid about placing these type requests to the Rootsweb mailing lists, so he has asked me to tell everyone about the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) website. If any of you ever feel the need to play detective, feel free to go here to assist in this fine endeavor. There are still other families needing to be found. http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/ Donnie U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record about Eugene L Ruiz Name: Eugene L Ruiz Birth Year: 1923 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: California State: California County or City: Santa Barbara Enlistment Date: 22 Oct 1941 Enlistment State: California Enlistment City: Los Angeles Branch: Air Corps Branch Code: Air Corps Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: 3 years of high school Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 69 Weight: 155 -----Original Message----- From: kyjeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:kyjeffer-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Deborah Campisano Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:31 PM To: KYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYJEFFER] Eugene Louis Ruiz I could find only two by the name Eugene Ruiz in the 1930 Federal Census on Ancestry, both born in and residing in California. The following was found for a Eugene L. Ruiz, age 6. Perhaps he came to Kentucky before joining the service. Dan A. Ruiz, Head Auto Mechanic, age 32 Julia R. Ruiz, wife, age 29 Geraldine E. Ruiz, dau., age 9 Eugene L. Ruiz, son, age 6 William L. Ruiz, son, age 3 Louise M. Purio, sister-in-law, age 20 Dan was an auto mechanic. All were born in California as were their parents. Source Citation: Ancestry.com. Year: 1930; Census Place: Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California; Roll: 214; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 100.0. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYJEFFER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message