Mr Davis and others. I do not live in Hinton but have used the library files before. They have a surmname microfilm file where articles and obituaries are recorded for local families. If someone in the area could check that it may be a shortcut to any newspaper article if it made the Hinton papers. [Mr Davis in case you do not know that is the county seat] I spoke with a MADDY in Hinton a few minutes ago and he checked a book from the '40s "Us Maddys" but no luck. He found one Allen (no dates), a child of George Washinton Maddy but Georges 10th child was born in 1881 so I doubt he had another in 1923. {Other poss: Maybe that Allen had a junior} Vernon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melinda Jacquier" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [WVSUMMER] Lost Soldier from Summers County, W.VA > Mr. Davis, > While I do not know who this soldier's family is, I have a couple of > suggestions of places you might check for more info that could lead you to > living relatives of Mr. Maddy. > Somewhere on his actual military records should be a social security > number. If you can get that, you can request a copy of his application > and that should list his parents names. With that info, you could check > the 1930 census and see if he had any siblings. (I did check the 1930 > census for an Allen Maddy born in 1923 but only found one in Arizona-not > sure if that would be him or not.) > Another suggestion would be to look at the Hinton newspaper for May or Aug > of 1951 and see if there is any mention of him in there that would give a > clue as to his parentage or siblings. (May and Aug 1951 were the dates, > according to Ancestry.com military records, that he was injured and > captured). You might even check into Sept. because news probably traveled > slowly in those days. > Thank you for serving our country and for what you are doing now. Sound > like sad but fascinating work. I have a son (in the Utah Army National > Guard) being deployed to Afghanistan next year. > Melinda Roles Jacquier in southern CA > > > -- [email protected] wrote: > > > I am searching for the family of a soldier who was killed in the Korea > War. > When he entered service he gave Summers County, W.VA as his home of > record. > > > > Soldier: ALLEN THURMOND MADDY > Born: March 12, 1923. Caucasian > DOL: May 19, 1951. POW > > > > When the Korean War ended the enemy never returned or accounted for over > 8,000 of our servicemen. They died in their hands. That was over 50 years > ago. > Since that time DNA has been perfected and also they are recovering > remains in > North Korea. Our government is obligated to return those remains to the > proper > family. DNA samples have been obtained from most of the families of these > missing soldiers. > > For various reasons some families have not been located. > > When the remains are recovered and identified they will be returned to the > family for proper burial. > > I am just an old (76 years) Combat Veteran out of the Korean War and > thankful that I did return. I consider this a very noble cause and I hope > that you > can help in some way to find this family. For more information on the > project > you may go to http://www.jpac.pacom.mil/. My part in the program is to > match up > the lost families with the proper agency. > > > > Any questions or comments, Please contact me at [email protected] > > I will be grateful for any assistance in locating this family. > > Harold Davis > 40th Infantry Division > Korea '52-'53 > 910-791-2333 > [email protected] > > > > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > _____________________________________________________________ > Click here to find the perfect banking opportunity! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3nn4vmuLdVCCD2X1jdEgDAYObK6SIyEFe50wj5nWF8n7XnYb/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >