MIA Pfc. Lawrence Block 4ID 12th reg.

Since yesterday I'm the adopter of the name on the wall of the missings on the cemetery Margraten, The Netherlands.

NAME: Lawrence Block
UNIT: 12th Inf Regt / 4th Inf Division
PLOT – ROW - GRAVE: Tablets of the missing
DECORATION: Bronze Star, Purple Heart with Oakleaf cluster
RANK: Private First Class
DEATH: 20 Mar 45
SERIAL NUMBER: 19082844
STATE: California
Place: San Francisco

Over here some websites where I have some information from about Pfc. Lawrence Block

NARA:
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=lawrence+block+19082844&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=640

http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=lawrence+block+19082844&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=1728360

Dutch site about adoption program:
http://www.adoptiegraven-database.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9116:block-lawrence&catid=46:american-war-cemetery-margraten-b&Itemid=130

Over here his name on a Roster:

http://www.indianamilitary.org/German%20PW%20Camps/Prisoner%20of%20War/PW%20Camps/Stalag%20III-A%20Luckenwalde/ROSTER/All.htm

And a German website
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/Drucker-Ausgabe-_Print_1_194608.html

I have send an email to the library in San Francisco, and I'm asking for the IDPF by letter right now.

If there is someone who has more information for me about this fallen hero, please let me know.

 

1 correction his date of death is March 30, 1945

 

I think I may have either come across something significant or something amazingly coincidental. There are some German documents on the website www.fold3.com that are described as:

Unfortunately, my German is very poor and the website is a pay site. They do have a trial membership, but I'm not sure if these documents can be accesses without a paid membership. If you have a problem accessing them, send me a PM.

 

Hmmmmm! My uncle was a POW at Stalag XIA/Altengrabow also.

Here's a little info about the camp: http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/pow/stalag11a.html

He sent me a copy of this photo years ago: http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/S11A/PicSt_11A_LibWait.htm

 

This thread is going to keep many of us on tenterhooks then....

 

Thanks for the information you give all.

I know the fold3 website A friend of me has an account over there and is giving me the information over there. When I'm searching on google to lawrence Block paul buch i've seen there are documents on fold3

I have also send an email to the library from san francisco for the obituary and hoping on some family members to find.

 

Is this going to be one of those, "Remember, I saved your life in the war" things?

I must say that it turned out to be a pretty good investment even beyond WWII stuff. I am truly grateful that Rog talked me into getting a membership.

 

If you can provide a translation of the documents for the English-only folks like me, that would be very much appreciated.

 

I have since yesterday the documents from fold3. I'm going to try translate from German to Dutch.

Also I have send an email to te library of San Francisco if there are some living family.

On my search I hope I can get the whole story about he was shot down by the Germans

 

My german is not so good as I think, but a friend of me is translating the fold3 document for me to dutch and I will translate it to English. About the rest I dont have further information like relatives or something. Is there someone who can help me with searching for relatives

 

So far I have much more important information from the IDPF of Lawrence Block on this camp Stalag X1-A at Altengrabow, Germany

He is buried over there and his remains were never digged up by the US government, I'm now trying to get in contact with agencies to try and find the remains of Lawrence Block so he can be buried on 1 of the ABMC cemeteries or reburied at the United States.

Also I have find in the IDPF he was married and had a stebdaughter, also his aunt was living in his house at that time.

If there is someone who can help me to contact the US or German government please let me know.

 

Last week I have had the IDPF of Lawrence Block and there is lots of information at and maybe there is a chance were he is buried at Germany near Magdeburg.

 

It sounds as if the IDPF has been a help to you in your research. Please continue to inform us on your progress and let us know if there is anything we can do to help you.

 

The IDPF is lots of information of family and were he is buried near de camp at Altengrabow, I have contacten a foundation for help to locate and trace all of the information on the IDPF and now waiting on the respons on that.

 

Today I did a great discovery with the Missing of Lawrence Block. I have had the IDPF a while ago and yesterday I was contacting an American friend of me who have some Xfiles and also the Xfile from the IDPF file of Lawrence Block. The information from both documents are correct and they will start a case about the missing of Lawrence Block who is for 99% buried Unknown on the Ardennes American Cemetery.

I will keep you posted.

 

Thank you for the update, dg1983. Keep us updated as things develop.

 

A contact of me is searching for Blood relatives of Lawrence Block but it is a very difficult case with searching for relatives.

Hope I will get a answer within a couple of weeks.

 

Thanks for the update.