wanda m. wentz, niece of krist wentz. This is such a wonderful site, I am so happy to see my uncles headstone, I visited his grave back in 1969 with my family, I cant wait to visit it again one day soon.

My uncle 1LT Lyman Plyer is buried in Ardennes. The inital "L" (my middle name) is for Lyman. My mother Elizabeth Plyer Mack named me after her brother when I was born in 1947. I had the great pleasure and honor of taking my mother to see her brothers grave in 1975 while she was visiting me in Germany. I was a very emotional and rewarding experience for her, she finaly had some closure. The caretaker gave her his wallet as ID tag when she visited. I had the good fortune to take a ride in a B-17G in 2003 - what a joy for me. His grave site was very impressive. God Speed uncle Lyman - your loving nephew, Tom.

During WWII on a cold Christmas Day, my grandfather picked up a couple of soldiers who were waiting at the bus depot; he brought them home for our big family dinner. The guys were a lot of fun, really nice. How sad we all were to see them leave when it was time to catch their bus. During the months that followed, my sister and I wrote to them as "penpals". I was 7 and she was 11, and it was such a thrill whenever we received one of their letters. Then we stopped hearing from them. Sadly, records indicate that a George Steffy was killed in a *** prison camp. I have no way of knowing if he is the George we knew. I’m still curious to know if they both may have survived that war.
George Steffy and Joseph Moloski will always be fondly remembered.

Several of my World War II colleagues are at Henri Chapelle and Margraten cemeteries. Their names and some thoughts about them are in the Discussions section of my facebook author page: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=211396115557&topic=31246

Zeer leuke site.
Zelf ben ik peter van 2 graven. Eén in Henri-Chapelle en één in Margraten.

Het gaat hier om Morrison H. Billie, 325 glider, 82 airborne

Het 2de graf is van Ross H. Joseph, 309 inf, 78 div.

Info over beide graven altijd meer als welkom.

Vriendelijke groeten PJ

I am a sign member of the adoption graves forum and site and have adopted 4 soldiers of the 116th Infantry, 29th Division. Look below, maybe some visitors from the USA know these persons or relatives in kin or other family.

Pvt. Claude E. Doty
Born: 21-oct-1919, Bornplace: Greenwood, Johnson County/Indiana
Died: 20-nov-1944, KIA
cannon company

1Lt Roland A Remick
Born: 09-May-1915
Bornplace: Bristol, Grafton County/New Hampshire
Died: 15-oct-1944, KIA
Co "E" 2nd Battalion

Pvt James F. Naegele
Born: 13-May-1925
Bornplace: Dillsboro, Dearborn County/Indiana
Died:06-oct-1944, KIA
Co"L" 3rd Battalion

SGT Jess S. Whittaker
Born:17-March-1919
Bornplace: Damascus, Washington County/Virginia
Died: 21-nov-1944, KIA
Co"L" 3rd Battalion

God bless them all and deep respect!.

For more information you can mail me.

Best & Kindly Regards,
Dennis de Munck
The Netherlands

My sister and I have visited the American Cemetery at Margraten. Our uncle, John S. Channell, MIA 1 Dec. 1943, is listed on the Wall of the Missing and we came to honor him. The cemetery is beautiful. Thank you to the Dutch people for making sure the ultimate sacrifice of these American soldiers is remembered. Our uncle is not forgotten in our family and we are very appreciative that he and the others are not forgotten in Holland. Your grave adoption program, your website and the database are just wonderful. Thank you for all of your work.

Great site.

Mooie interessante website met veel informatie

Groeten

To my Dutch friends:

If any of you, or if any of your friends, wishes to adopt a name on the MIA wall, I have one.

Pfc. William (Sonny) Simon was killed on Nov. 5, 1944, while serving with the 109th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division. I assume he was in the Hurtgen Forest attack, because the 28th was mauled in that attack, and books have been written about how the battle never should have happened.

Simon has a VFW post named after him in Middleton, Wis., a few miles from where I grew up. His photo certainly is there and I would think the post probably knows where surviving family is.

I will pursue this once I know he has been adopted.

Tom Mueller