Sandy,
Following is my correspondence with Mr. Davis regarding the message he is sending to a
bunch of us.
Regards,
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: H G Davis
To: Paul D. Buckley
Cc: Frank Stancil
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: Saerch request
Mr. Buckley,
Thank you for responding to my request. Thanks too for making me aware of the suspicions
that you may have about the program. There are a lot of people out there with a lot of
schemes in all areas. It pays to be very cautious.
I am Harold Davis from Wilmington, NC. I am a combat veteran from the Korean War (40th
Infantry Division, 224th Infantry Regiment, Heavy Mortar Company). I am a retired project
engineer with the Bell System. As a long time member of The American Legion Department of
North Carolina I am involved in Veteran's Affairs on several levels. Locating families
of lost veterans is just one. The program to locate these families in North Carolina is
authorized by The American Legion Department of North Carolina. I suggest that you contact
Adjutant Frank Stancil, The American Legion Dept. of NC. P.O. Box 26657, Raleigh, NC
27611-6657, Telephone 919-832-7506, Fax 919-832-6428. nclegion(a)nc.rr.com. Adjutant Stancil
will verify the The American Legion's involvement in this program.
Futher clarification can be obtained from the Linda Baublitz, DPMO, Repatriation of Family
Affairs Division, Alexandria, VA. Tel: 703-325-3902.
Mr. Buckley, my goal and that of the legion is to locate the families. Once we find them
we give the information to the Casualty Office. They make all the contacts and provide all
the official information. This has been a very successful program with 75% of the missing
families located in North Carolina. Local genealogist across the state have been very
helpful and the families very grateful. We are submitting our data to the National
organization and our goal is to implement a similar program across the nation.
Thank you for your response and feel free to contact me anytime on this subject.
For God and Country,
Harold Davis
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul D. Buckley
To: H G Davis
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:34 PM
Subject: Re: Saerch request
Harold,
Your project is indeed noble. But, since you have not identified up front that it is a
project of the American Legion, some of the NCGenWeb County Coordinators are a tad
suspicious.
The USGenWeb/NCGenWeb Project primary purpose is to provide genealogical databases for
each of our respective counties. As such, we generally do not get involved in posting
notices such as yours.
However, most county coordinators host an email discussion list and provide a query
facility (bulletin board) where visitors can post notices and searches at their
discretion.
My suggestion is to visit each county page, find the directions for posting queries and
subscription to discussion lists (forums), and post your notice for the Korean War
MIA's for the applicable county. I don't think any of the USGenWeb County
Coordinators will have a problem with that action.
Keep up the good work.
Paul Buckley
----- Original Message -----
From: H G Davis
To: pauldbuckley(a)worldnet.att.net
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 6:54 PM
Subject: Saerch request
Paul I am Harold Davis from Wilmington, NC. We need some help in the Gaston County
area. If you can not assist in this program will you please forward it to someone that
may assist.
I have been working on a very noble project for some time. The government is
trying to locate family members of soldiers that were missing in the Korean War. These
family members are needed to submit DNA samples for use in identifying remains that are
recovered in North Korea. You may find out more about the program by visiting my Web page:
http://nclegion.org/dna.htm#DNA
We are looking for three (3) families that the soldiers reported Gaston County as
their home of record
when entered service. I am listing below all the information that I have. Perhaps you
know of someone that will assist in the search.
Data on Soldiers;
Willie Jefferson Evans (Caucasian)
DOB 1932; Date of loss December 6, 1950 MIA
Service # RA 14345486, Rank PFC E-3
Unit; A Btry 57 Art Bn 7th Inf Div
When entered service gave Gaston County as home of record
John Daniel Smith (Caucasian)
DOB 1912, Date of loss July 20, 1950, POW
Service # RA06845783 Rank MSgt E-8
Unit; L Company 34th Inf Reg 24th INf Div
When entered service gave Gaston County as home of record.
Junior Ray Tucker (Caucasian)
DOB 1927; Date of loss September 22, 1950 MIA
Service # RA44161005, Rank CPL E-4
Unit; E Co 38th Inf Reg 2nd Inf Div
When entered service gave Gaston County as home of record
Thank you very much,
Harold Davis
hgdavis(a)bellsouth.net
910-791-2333