kan ook zo niets vinden waar hij evt begraven ligt, wel wat aanvullende info over Jim Leatherwood:
ACTIVITY DURING WWII
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ASSIGNED TO BATTERY C, 333RD FIELD ARTILLERY BATTALION, 10TH INFANTRY DIVISION. CAPTURED BY SS TROOPS DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN THE TOWN OF WERETH, BELGIUM ON DECEMBER 17, 1944. HE, ALONG WITH 10 OTHER PRISONERS, HAD THEIR HELMETS AND RIFLES TAKEN AND THEY WERE FORCED TO SIT ON THE COLD AND WET GROUND UNTIL DARK AND MADE TO RUN NEARLY 800 METERS OUT OF TOWN, CHASED BY A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY THE SS SOLDIERS. THEY THEN WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED AND THEIR BODIES DUMPED IN A ROADSIDE DITCH. THIS ATROCITY IS KNOWN AS THE WERETH MASSACRE.
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/se ... 1&tcount=2
ID: 34481753
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Pontotoc County, MS
Status: KIA
Wat hij misschien kan doen is vragen bij de begraafplaats zelf of zij nog een archief hebben van wie er allemaal begraven hebben gelegen daarzo.
Normaal word dat wel bijgehouden, is het niet bij de gemeente danwel op de begraafplaats zelf.