I want to find details of person buried in Veterans Cemetery in Long Island. His name is Patrick Joseph Cullen, born 14/03/1906 died Jan5 , 1967
I want to find details of person buried in Veterans Cemetery in Long Island. His name is Patrick Joseph Cullen, born 14/03/1906 died Jan5 , 1967
Not sure if it helps, but his interment file at LI National Cemetery is extremely skimpy. It lists the following info only:
Patrick J. Cullen
SGT, US Army
WWII 09/22/1942 - 03/01/1946
NOK - not related, Ann De West
What does NOK not related mean? Who is Ann de West
Next of Kin
NOK, next-of-kin. Except for the fact that Ann De West was unrelated, haven't a clue. This is not unusual, She may simply be the person, friend, whomever, who requested interment in this national cemetery. Likely no one claimed the remains when he died, whatever jurisdiction it occurred in did a cursory search for NOK and came up empty. She provides proof it's him (it could have been a funeral home), VA checks his eligibility and he's in. We (the American Legion) do dozens of interments of unclaimed veteran's remains every year. You could try and find this "Ann" person, but his death and that skimpy record are 50+ years old, so the odds are slim to none for finding anything. As others have suggested, his mil records are your best bet, assuming they survived the "73 fire.
NOK, next-of-kin. Except for the fact that Ann De West was unrelated, haven't a clue. This is not unusual, She may simply be the person, friend, whomever, who requested interment in this national cemetery. Likely no one claimed the remains when he died, whatever jurisdiction it occurred in did a cursory search for NOK and came up empty. She provides proof it's him (it could have been a funeral home), VA checks his eligibility and he's in. We (the American Legion) do dozens of interments of unclaimed veteran's remains every year. You could try and find this "Ann" person, but his death and that skimpy record are 50+ years old, so the odds are slim to none for finding anything. As others have suggested, his mil records are your best bet, assuming they survived the "73 fire.
I have been told his records destroyed in fire
Are you with a L.I. Post? I stumbled upon a service at L.I. National some years ago and later learned it was for a Veteran without a family. Very moving. I'm glad he had his military family with him.
What is LI Post? He did have a family. a large one of which he was the oldest. They always wondered what happened to him. For some reason he chose not to keep in touch. I can only assume from date and place of birth that I have the correct Patrick.
That message was for Trajan about an American Legion Post.