Robin - He was a Corporal in the Army. His unit was the 662 Port Company -- they organized and ran ports -- the Army had and has small naval units of their own. Larry > >-----Original Message----- > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robin Inge > >Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 10:23 AM > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Military Search Information > > > >My thinking was it stood for Corporal... and the only Branch > >with that is Army... but no 662 Division. ? Puzzled. > > > > > > > > Robin R Inge > >"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but > >by the number of moments that take our breath away" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > >From: Grey Oaks Equine Sanctuary <greyoaks@brightok.net> > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:59:47 AM > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Military Search Information > > > >I do know there is no CPL rank in the US Navy. > >Many of the men who enlisted for WWII were listed as Branch > >Immaterial (Warrant Officer), still not sure what that means > >as this is listed for my father as well. > >- > >Linda Simpson > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Robin Inge > > To: TXGEN@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:52 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Military Search Information > > > > > > Ok all you Military buffs.... need little help here. > > > > Located information on a family member last night and > >headstone shows following information: > > > > CPL 662 PORT CO TO WWII (what does all this stand for) > >Does it mean he was a Corporal. (Army, Navy... ?) > > > > I located his WWII enlistment record on Ancestory and it > >states the enlistment date, shows branch as BRANCH > >Immaterial, Warrent Officer. (Is this what he was when he enlisted?) > > > > Where can I go to find more information. He died in Santa > >Fe Co, NW in 1958... > > > > > > > > > > > > Robin R Inge > > "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, > >but by the number of moments that take our breath away" > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.52/2053 - > >Release Date: 4/10/2009 6:27 PM > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
You are the best!!!!! Thanks... Robin R Inge "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away" ________________________________ From: Lawrence E. Oliver <oliverl@suddenlink.net> To: txgen@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 10:52:47 AM Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Military Search Information Robin - He was a Corporal in the Army. His unit was the 662 Port Company -- they organized and ran ports -- the Army had and has small naval units of their own. Larry > >-----Original Message----- > >From: txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com > >[mailto:txgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robin Inge > >Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 10:23 AM > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Military Search Information > > > >My thinking was it stood for Corporal... and the only Branch > >with that is Army... but no 662 Division. ? Puzzled. > > > > > > > > Robin R Inge > >"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but > >by the number of moments that take our breath away" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > >From: Grey Oaks Equine Sanctuary <greyoaks@brightok.net> > >To: txgen@rootsweb.com > >Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:59:47 AM > >Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Military Search Information > > > >I do know there is no CPL rank in the US Navy. > >Many of the men who enlisted for WWII were listed as Branch > >Immaterial (Warrant Officer), still not sure what that means > >as this is listed for my father as well. > >- > >Linda Simpson > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Robin Inge > > To: TXGEN@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:52 AM > > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Military Search Information > > > > > > Ok all you Military buffs.... need little help here. > > > > Located information on a family member last night and > >headstone shows following information: > > > > CPL 662 PORT CO TO WWII (what does all this stand for) > >Does it mean he was a Corporal. (Army, Navy... ?) > > > > I located his WWII enlistment record on Ancestory and it > >states the enlistment date, shows branch as BRANCH > >Immaterial, Warrent Officer. (Is this what he was when he enlisted?) > > > > Where can I go to find more information. He died in Santa > >Fe Co, NW in 1958... > > > > > > > > > > > > Robin R Inge > > "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, > >but by the number of moments that take our breath away" > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.52/2053 - > >Release Date: 4/10/2009 6:27 PM > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message