This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WMB.2ACE/4647.1 Message Board Post: Have you tried to get his military records? Might be a long shot since they had a fire at the ST. Louis records office in the the 1970s (I think ). http://www.archives.gov/research_room/vetrecs/ If he collected a pension, I would try the VA office in the place where he resided.