While out with my metal detector here in England yesterday I found my first American dog tag, although it is in 3 pieces it very clearly reads
EDWIN MANKTELOW
32585923 T43
PEARL SCHWINGEL
RT4
COHOCTON NY
I would love to be able to return this little piece of history to Mr Manktelow (if he is still alive) or to his family but I really have no idea how to go about this, then I found you via the internet and see that you have had some great results, so any help would be very much appreciatedLorine's notes: I'll start the ball rolling on this search with a WW2 Enlistment Record for Edwin W. Manktelow
Name: Edwin W Manktelow
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: New York
State of Residence: New York
County or City: Steuben
Enlistment Date: 17 Dec 1942
Enlistment State: New York
Enlistment City: Rochester
The Social Security Death Index is also helpful with this entry
Name: | Edwin W. Manktelow |
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SSN: | 103-16-0110 |
Last Residence: | 14810 Bath, Steuben, New York, USA |
BORN: | 14 Oct 1922 |
Died: | 1 Apr 2003 |
Can my wonderful readers help find Edwin's family? Please leave information as a comment on this blog post or via email to me at olivetreegenealogy AT gmail DOT com
Here is a link to an obituary on Ancestry.com that gives the names and cities of residence of son and daughter, as well as some grandchildren.
ReplyDeletehttp://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18760021/person/28425753510/mediax/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid|pgNum