Exactly, even though St.Louis had a fire ....Computers were being used & records are to be gotten,,,they told my ex-husband the same of his VietNam & now have awarded him a purple heart & whatever the 2nd x they get & Found his records & increased his pension!!. I will give him a call for he knows where to contact. Nannette ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMES O BRASHER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Military Records > My buddy Nanette is correct; you need his Service number to be sure the > folks at the records holding area out on Page Blvd know who you are > talking about. > > For the past five years I have been working on getting info on my "Vie" > family records and have been told repeatedly that they did not exist due > to a great fire in 1973 in which all the records for this time period were > destroyed. This turned out to be not so true. > > My grandmother, Mabel Vie, had two brothers, the oldest of the two, > Oliver, was killed in action in the Marne Valley of France in 1918. The > youngest brother, Archie, was gassed in the very same battle and was > destroyed for life but survived in the VA hospital in Danville, IL and > died in 1966, he was placed in the hospital in 1921. > > At the beginning of this year I contacted my Congresswoman, Heather > Wilson, and strange things started to happen. Small bits and pieces of > information have been reaching me from all sorts of obscure parts of the > country. One piece that has reached me that I did not know was that Oliver > and Archie had a first cousin, named Fred Vie who was also killed in the > Marne Valley. Both Oliver and Fred have their names inscribed at Soldiers > Memorial on the Marble Tomb on the rotunda at the memorial on Pine Street > in downtown St Louis. There is one final Vie name on the tomb that has not > been identified yet, but who knows, maybe it will be one of my Vies. > > The two Vie brothers lie at rest at Jefferson barracks, their cousin Fred > lies at rest in a family cemetery plot elsewhere in St Louis. > > The Point is: Don't accept a "No information" answer from those folks at > NARA. Keep searching, the info is there somewhere.----Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Nannette<mailto:[email protected]> > To: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:46 AM > Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Military Records > > > You will need to get his service number to start,Jefferson Barracks will > most likely have this. > I was not able to get much info.on my grt.gf.WW1 service,but I did get a > medal,& MHS just sent me what they had for him & his brother. Hope this > helps a little. > Nannette > > "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Can anyone give me some directives on what to do next with this > information? I found on the Jefferson Barracks website that my grandfather > is buried there. The listing states: > Von Gerichten, Philip: b 03/31/1869, d 01/29/1950. US Army PVT. Plot: 71 > 0 424D, bur. 02/01/1950. > He died at the VA Center, Leavenworth, KS, where he had been for two > years. > I remember as a 7-yr old going to the funeral (and wondering how they > got that big flag folded into such a little triangle). That's all I know, > other than the funeral book which says Philip was buried by the VFW 11th > Dist/MO. > I don't have enough information to request military records from NARA, > do I? I downloaded the 180 but hesitate to send it in with the limited > info above; I'm not sure how to proceed from here. Any help appreciated. > Ranee in Kirkwood/St Louis > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send > only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > or if you are on the Digest List > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > Nannette > > Reasearching Surnames: WARFIELD Mitchell McConnell HEUGELE Rowbotham > STIENECKE Summerman VanGels Berger COLLINS DUNNAVANT PARRISH . States: > Md,Mo.,WV.,Wi. > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. Bid on great items. > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send > only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > or if you are on the Digest List > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > If you haven't visited Dave Lossos' "Genealogy in St. Louis" website > (http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/) you might want to take a > look. > >

The Military Records Center on Page recently opened to the public (by appointment only, as I understand it). It's probably deluged now, but things should calm down as the newness wears off. Cordially, Betty Torno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nannette Morgan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Military Records > Exactly, even though St.Louis had a fire ....Computers were being used & > records are to be gotten,,,they told my ex-husband the same of his VietNam & > now have awarded him a purple heart & whatever the 2nd x they get & Found > his records & increased his pension!!. > I will give him a call for he knows where to contact. > Nannette > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JAMES O BRASHER" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 2:05 PM > Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Military Records > > > > My buddy Nanette is correct; you need his Service number to be sure the > > folks at the records holding area out on Page Blvd know who you are > > talking about. > > > > For the past five years I have been working on getting info on my "Vie" > > family records and have been told repeatedly that they did not exist due > > to a great fire in 1973 in which all the records for this time period were > > destroyed. This turned out to be not so true. > > > > My grandmother, Mabel Vie, had two brothers, the oldest of the two, > > Oliver, was killed in action in the Marne Valley of France in 1918. The > > youngest brother, Archie, was gassed in the very same battle and was > > destroyed for life but survived in the VA hospital in Danville, IL and > > died in 1966, he was placed in the hospital in 1921. > > > > At the beginning of this year I contacted my Congresswoman, Heather > > Wilson, and strange things started to happen. Small bits and pieces of > > information have been reaching me from all sorts of obscure parts of the > > country. One piece that has reached me that I did not know was that Oliver > > and Archie had a first cousin, named Fred Vie who was also killed in the > > Marne Valley. Both Oliver and Fred have their names inscribed at Soldiers > > Memorial on the Marble Tomb on the rotunda at the memorial on Pine Street > > in downtown St Louis. There is one final Vie name on the tomb that has not > > been identified yet, but who knows, maybe it will be one of my Vies. > > > > The two Vie brothers lie at rest at Jefferson barracks, their cousin Fred > > lies at rest in a family cemetery plot elsewhere in St Louis. > > > > The Point is: Don't accept a "No information" answer from those folks at > > NARA. Keep searching, the info is there somewhere.----Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Nannette<mailto:[email protected]> > > To: > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:46 AM > > Subject: Re: [MO-STLOUIS-METRO] Military Records > > > > > > You will need to get his service number to start,Jefferson Barracks will > > most likely have this. > > I was not able to get much info.on my grt.gf.WW1 service,but I did get a > > medal,& MHS just sent me what they had for him & his brother. Hope this > > helps a little. > > Nannette > > > > "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Can anyone give me some directives on what to do next with this > > information? I found on the Jefferson Barracks website that my grandfather > > is buried there. The listing states: > > Von Gerichten, Philip: b 03/31/1869, d 01/29/1950. US Army PVT. Plot: 71 > > 0 424D, bur. 02/01/1950. > > He died at the VA Center, Leavenworth, KS, where he had been for two > > years. > > I remember as a 7-yr old going to the funeral (and wondering how they > > got that big flag folded into such a little triangle). That's all I know, > > other than the funeral book which says Philip was buried by the VFW 11th > > Dist/MO. > > I don't have enough information to request military records from NARA, > > do I? I downloaded the 180 but hesitate to send it in with the limited > > info above; I'm not sure how to proceed from here. Any help appreciated. > > Ranee in Kirkwood/St Louis > > > > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > > If you wish to unsubscribe from the MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List, send > > only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] otsweb.com> > > or if you are on the Digest List > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected] otsweb.com> > > > > > > > > > > Nannette > > > > Reasearching Surnames: WARFIELD Mitchell McConnell HEUGELE Rowbotham > > STIENECKE Summerman VanGels Berger COLLINS DUNNAVANT PARRISH . States: > > Md,Mo.,WV.,Wi. > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Sell on Yahoo! Auctions - No fees. 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