 | Frank Bergquist graduated from Eddyville, IA, high school in 1958. After graduation, he entered the Army, serving 20 years in Missouri, Maryland, New Mexico, Germany, Iowa, Turkey, Kansas, S.E. Asia, and finally retiring in 1978 in Louisiana. Before retiring, Frank was assigned as an ROTC instructor at WSU and Kemper Military School until 1974. In 1978 he served as the Non-Commissioned officer in charge of operations at Fort Polk, LA. He has served as the Veterans Counselor (DVOP) with the Kansas Job Service Center National Service Office, with the Disabled American Veterans at the VA Regional Office in Wichita; Veterans Employment and Training Coordinator with the US Dept. of Labor at Ft. Riley, KS; Service Coordinator with Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation; Dept Adjutant-Treasurer and the Dept. Executive Director Dept. of Kansas Disabled American Veterans; and past President of the Wichita Civil War Round Table. Currently he is doing graduate work as an instructor in Genealogy and Military History at Wichita State and Kansas State Universities, and is the CEO for the Disabled American Veterans Thrift Stores in Wichita, KS. Bergquist has an AA from Kemper Military School and College from Boonville, MO. and a BGS from Wichita State University. He can be reached by telephone at 316-262-6501. He is located at 926 N. Mosley Wichita 67214. |
Veteran Affairs
2007-01-01 10:14:00
Missing veterans
ANSWER: If they are WWII veterans, you might think about checking online at the following websites: www.iimemorial.com, this will check to see if they are listed on the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. Click on the World War II Registry, this allows you to search for honorees, or even add a favorite friend or relative who served during WWII. This registry has four separate databases. You can search for veterans who are buried in American Battle Monuments Commission Cemeteries overseas. You will be surprised at some of the locations. It even lists those who are memorialized on the ABMC Tablets of the missing. There is also a listing of those on official War and Navy Department Killed in Service Rosters now held by the National Archives and Records Administration. Another listing honors those who have been listed by public enrollment in the Registry of Remembrances. This listing is also open for any U.S. citizen who helped win the war, either as a member of the military or on the home front. All are eligible to be listed.
You can also check with your local representative of the Veterans Administration. While the Privacy Act limits the information that can be given out, you can ask. If you can positively identify the veteran and if they are still alive the VA will forward a letter to them from you. You need to ask the veteran to contact you. The VA will not give out their address to you. Please note that the requirements for VA assistance changes from time to time. Be patient.
Another good source is www.ancestry.com. This is a paid service, but every so often they give out free service to get you to try. The National Park Service also maintains a listing of those individuals buried in National Cemeteries.Don't give up keep searching. You might also contact your local Genealogy Society for their assistance.
