This info doesn't concern Mr Martin, but I have researched a distant relative who died in the skies over England in 1943. He was in the Army Air Force; I don't think that the Air Force had been separated out yet. 1. Reports were filed on accidents & deaths. Dunno what they were for guys on the ground, but there were forms filled out for airplane accidents. I located a guy who would copy the one on my relative for about $25, but my budget has been too tight for me to do that yet. 2. I have a yearbook, bought at an estate sale in St. Paul, of all the men in a certain "school" class who were studying to be bombardiers. It includes all their pictures. It was like a yearbook for that class. --my point is that there are pictures out there that were taken by the Army. There might be one for Mr. Martin 3. Has anyone checked the index that the Minneapolis Public Library has to the Minneapolis Journal? It was stored at the History Center while the library was rebuilt, and it has references to the more well-off folks, as I'm guessing the Martins might have been. Good luck! Kate Shields On Jan 31 2008, Claudia Schuman wrote: >Hello Listers, > > Would any of you like to help, or have any ideas on how to locate > information on this WWII soldier from Minneapolis who died in Belgium in > 1944 and is buried in Belgium? See letter I received below. > > I found Albert C Martin with his parents in the 1930 census living on Mt. > Curve Ave. in Minneapolis. Albert was 9 years old and the only child in > the household. I found his parents in the 1955 Minneapolis Telephone > Directory, still living at 1828 Mt. Curve Avenue. > > I don't know if it's possible to locate living relatives, especially if > Albert Martin was an only child. Possibly, there was an obituary for him > in the Minneapolis newspapers when he died in Belgium, an obituary for > his parents, or if Albert graduated from High School maybe his pictures > in a yearbook? > > Could there also be army photograph of him somewhere? Is there an > archive? He served as 1st Lt. (Serial # 0514722) 590th Field Artillery > Battalion, 106th Infantry Division. > >Let me know if you can help out or have any ideas. >Thanks, > >Claudia > > >Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 3:33 PM >Subject: Albert C. Martin > > >Sire, > > Let me introduce myself. My name is Vandeberg Vincent, I 'am 39 years > old. I am married and have two children, Mandy and kevin. I am living in > Baelen- Membach (Belgium). Its are 9 miles from the American Cemetery > from Henri-Chapelle .We living in the corner from the Dutch and German > border. > > I am very interrested in WWII. I have a Willys jeep and take part to the > commemorations in my county. I collect also intems from WWII. I have also > adopted many graves from US Soldiers at the American Cemetery from > Henri-Chapelle (Belgium) and one grave at Colleville sur Mer > (Omaha-Beach, France).I think that it is normal to pay homage to those > which released us from the Germans. > > I am looking to find more information from 1 Lt. Albert C. Martin he > cames from Hennepin County ,Mn, and died 21 December 1944 in Belgium. I > adopted also his Grave at the American cemetery from Henri-Chapelle. The > only information that I have are the name from his father and mother and > address where the burial flag where send; > > Mac Martin and Helen Cobb Martin , 1828 Mt Curve Ave. , minneapolis > ,minnesota. > > I am looking to find a family member or if its are posibel a picture from > him and also a little information . > > I posted also the storie from Albert C. Martin on Kevin Klumps website ; > http://www.inproudremembrance.com/front%20page.html > >Have a nice day. > >Looking forward to hearing more from you. > >Vandeberg Vincent from Belgium. > >Excuse me for the mistakes but I don't speak English very well. > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send > an email to MNHENNEP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message