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/