First to Fight: Charles F. Sexton, 35th Fighter Squadron WWII A.A.F.
Today we are sharing the service story of WWII Staff Sergeant Charles Sexton. Like many Army and Air Corps veterans of WWII, Sexton’s military service records were lost in the 1973 fire. Sexton’s family knew very little about his service during WWII and had only his discharge papers and a single letter that Sexton had written during the war. Using archived records, the research specialists at Golden Arrow Research were able to...
WWII Era Marine Corps Military Service Personnel Records: An Overview
To Request WWII Marine Personnel Records please click here: Request a WWII Marine Personnel File WWII Marine Corps military service records can provide genealogical researchers with countless resources for tracing the steps of an ancestor who served during the war. Marine Corps service records were maintained in such a way as to ensure that specific milestones in your veteran’s military service would be documented. This...
How to Research a World War II Army Veteran Who Was Killed In Action
If you would like to begin research in WWII casualty Records please visit Golden Arrow Research here: Request service records of my KIA WWII veteran Attempting to research a WWII Army veteran who was killed in action can be challenging due to the fact that the vast majority of WWII Army military service records were completely lost in the devastating fire of 1973. What this means in many cases is that there is absolutely nothing...
