Have you found the family in the 1900 or 1910 censuses? There's a soundex for NY for the 1900 census, he may have been born by then so you can at least get his first name. -----Original Message----- From: JSca844165@aol.com [mailto:JSca844165@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 3:05 PM To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com Subject: WW1 Marine Hi List Need any info on a greatuncle-name Scanlon -don't know the first name-Joined U S M C During WW1 From NYC-He was mustardgassed in europe-died yrs later from gas.Not much to go on but its all I have-He had a brother Dennis David Scanlon. Regards John Scanlon