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personal data
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By: Bushendorf
On: 05/24/2003
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I am trying to obtain personal data on the crew of "That Sweet Thing" MIA May 24, 1944.
Mainly concerning my father: S/Sgt Everett M Bushendorf. If there are options, how would I search with names only. Looking for awards and burial sites.
Sharon
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Re: personal data
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By: Donald Byers
On: 05/24/2003
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Go To History page on 401st BG Web Page and select mission #77 on 28 May 1944 Dessau. Then Select crew of 1st Lt. Ferdyn.
Try contacting themajors@iprimus.com.au they have Genealogy Data on him at Ancestry.com
ID: I460 Name: Everett M. Bushendorf
Surname: Bushendorf
Given Name: Everett M. Sex: M
Birth: 14 Mar 1914 in Elk Mound, Wisconsin 1 Death: 28 May 1944 in Europe during Wwii
Father: Frederick William Bushendorf b: 1889 in Elk Mound, Dunn Co. Wisconsin
Mother: Laura Gehrke b: 1887 in Town of Maine, near Merrill, Wisconsin
Marriage 1 Marjorie Haffelder b: 22 Feb 1920 in Menomonie, Dunn, Wisconsin
You can go to http://Ancestry.com and type in his name from the search tab select search type MILITARY. You will find it.
Don Byers
Lubbock Texas
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Re: personal data
Posted:
By: Donald Byers
On: 05/24/2003
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Crew list e-mailed with one contact.
Don Byers
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Re: personal data
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By: L.A. Mitchell
On: 05/25/2003
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Sharon,For info on burail sites, contact American Battle Monuments Commission 20 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington,DC 20314 (202) 272-0537.(not sure of phone #) Also have Mortuary Affairs (703) 325-0811. This area code is for Arlington,VA..so could be Pentgon
Our records show your father is buried in USA as are
J,D. Agee,Eng.,H. Hertzen (Hertzan ?)
Other crewmen Pilot Vince Kaminski,Bombardier J.D.
Black, Radio Op L.R. Cooper,Ball Turret, J.R. Johnson,
and Waist Gunner W.M.May are buried in Lorraine,France.
The two surviving members of the crew are member of our 401st Association. They are Robet J. Enstad P.O.Box 3024 Duluth MN 55803 (218)722-2318 and Charles h. Manning 9968 Jones Ave Duluth,GA 30096 (770)497-9038
On this mission, Vince Kaminski replaced the regular Pilot Joseph E. Ferdyn.
If you would like to join the 401st Bomb Group Asociation...scroll down on this website for membership Application..Welcome.
Our records show a MIA comment re the 5/28/44
Mission: "The aircraft was lost as a result of fighter action. The No.1 engine went on fire.The aircraft peeled over on its back and went down"
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Re: personal data
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By: Sharon(Bushendorf)Ftzgerald
On: 05/26/2003
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I appreciate your information, but it was my understanding from other web sites, that the only survivor was Enstad. I remember my father being buried in the U.S. I was wondering where he was buried before he was brought back here.
Sharon
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Re: personal data
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By: Win Bryson
On: 06/25/2003
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From our own family research similar to yours, the two official personnel records sources (for deceased military) so far include:
a. As a direct family descendant, and through the "Freedom of Information Act" you may obtain copies of the Army's "Deceased Personnel File (IDFF)" regarding your father, and should address your request to: The Department of the Army, U.S. Total Army Personnel Command; Alexandria, Virginia, 22332-0405. I believe they have a form you must sign and return before they process the request, but your request "kicks-off" the process. These records include information about (initial) overseas burials and process of finding and bringing home the deceased for burial here in the USA.
b. Also, The National personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. 63132-5100 (which is a part of the National Archives and Records Administration) has in its holdings, personnel records of deceased WWII military personnel. They require a form be filled out, (and will answer a letter of inquiry with one for you to complete, or you can download the form from their website [again, part of the National Archives website]. Odds are, though, that not much is available - the Records Center had a fire (years ago) and are still trying to salvage records.
With both, the nore detailed identification information you can provide, the better the possibilities for successful results are.
As a side-note, having just visited my Uncle's Crew's gravesite (the Crew, KIA together, were buried together with a single headstone listing all). I mention this only to let you know the names are in alphabetical order, not under the Pilot's name. [The Cemetery's common burial listings is also are by this alphabetical, not by Pilot, order].
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Re: personal data
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By: b. agee weedon
On: 07/09/2009
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J.D. Agee is buried at the US military cemetery in St. Avold France.
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