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/wdB.2ACE/320.1 Message Board Post: This should help: Go to: www.interment.net Next select United States & South Dakota--select Meade County and next Black Hills National Cemetery. Select proper surname category and scroll to "Carl Ojala". Address for BH National Cem. is 20901 Pleasant Valley Dr., Sturgis, SD & phone is 605-347-3830 The Fort Meade VA Medical Center is also a medical facility and veterans home close by, and they may also be able to give you information if that was where he lived. It is possible that he was placed in a private nursing home in the area, through the VA, as that is very commonly done. Ft. Meade's phone # is 605-347-2511 and is located near Sturgis, SD. They would be able to tell you how to go about getting the records and whether they are available to you. Have you checked Social Security records? Hope this will be helpful.