Does anyone know someone who does research in the military records in Washington, D.C.? We have found an old abandoned cemetery (that we have been hunting for years) and one of the headstones is for a young African-American man who died in 1919. The back of his headstone lists "gave his life for his country" and the unit. He died in a San Antonio base hospital. Family Search.com---Death record---died Oct. 9, 1919, at Ft. Sam Houston, Base Hospital, San Antonio, Bexar County, Tx. Parents names unknown. It lists his rank as Pvt., Company A, 813th Pioneer Infantry. Was in hospital from Aug 2, 1919 to death on Oct. 9, 1919. Cause of death: Tuberculosis, pulmonary, chronic, active. (I've been told this most definitely could have been caused by exposure to Mustard Gas overseas, but it is not stated here.) Place of burial/removal--Paris, Tx. If this young man died in the service to his country we most definitely want to honor him on our new military memorial that is being built right now. We need his service record and because he enlisted in Noble, OK, I've been told: I don't know for 100% certainty, but I believe that Oklahoma does "not" have a depository of WWI soldier records similar to the Texas Forces Museum. Therefore his military record would be in Washington, D.C. where they are all filed alphabetically in many, many boxes!!! I would love to find someone willing to check for that record. Any help or suggestions are welcome!! I can provide more information if anyone else is interested. Thanks! Betsy