Faces of Cambridge - North Dakota
In March 2022 from Cambridge (UK) came a similar question as we handled in Margraten, so we started ’Faces of Cambridge’. Cambridge had started collecting photo’s five years ago and wanted to give it an extra push with regard to Memorial Day 2022. This UK cemetery contains the remains of 3,811 of US war dead and 5,127 names are recorded on the Walls of the Missing. Many are Navy service men that parished in the Atlantic convoys.
We had a starting list with 23 faces to find. And I asked ‘my ND team’ to help again.
If/when you start searching for a photo please give me an email
so that we know who/that somebody is working on what/a ‘face’. Thank you.
My ‘search drill’ is at the bottom of this page.
These are all the names and info we got from Cambridge
Name - date of birth - address/home county - date of death - found (by me) link(s) to more info to start a search.
1 Anderson, Clarence O. from Traill County
photo thanks to Mrs Melhus.
2 Arason, Gamaliel Theodore from Mountain, Pembina County
photo thanks to Mrs Susan Sigurdson / Mrs Tracy Briggs
3 Baker, Clarence J. from Logan County
photo thanks to Mr Dean Entzminger / Mr James Hilzendeger
4 Breitmeyer, Gottlieb G. 29 April 1906 Ashley, McIntosh County 30 Sept. 1943
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56288055/gottlieb-breitmeyer
https://northdakotagravestones.org/view.php?id=1433
5 Cameron, Ralph T. 10 Nov 1921 Grand Forks County 14 April 1944
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56288325/ralph-t-cameron
6 Dauenhauer, Christ J. 31 Aug 1923 Mott, Hettinger County 23 Jan 1945
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56289022/christ-j-dauenhauer
7 Du Puis, Camille Isidore 1 July 1921 Thorn, Pierce County 10 May 1945
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56289337/camille-isidore-dupuis
8 Espeseth, Loris Merlin 26 Jan 1924 Traill County 20 Nov. 1944
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56289531/loris-merlin-espeseth (Photo search started)
9 Fadness, John Arnold 22 March 1922 Sutton, Griggs County 23 Aug. 1944
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56289572/john-arnold-fadness
10 Gillies, George J. 17 Februari 1915 Pembina County 31 Dec. 1943
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56290044/george-j-gillies
11 Halseth, Obert Leslie 26 Dec. 1920 Devils Lake, Ramsey County 15 Jun. 1944
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56290383/obert-leslie-halseth
12 Kandas, Gust Angelo 11 April 1925 Minot, Ward County 14 Okt. 1943
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56291216/gust-angelo-kandas
13 Kowalski, John G. 6 Sept. 1919 Park River, Walsh County 5 July 1944
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56291469/john-g-kowalski
14 Mintz, John from Monango from Dickey County
photo thanks to Mrs Verna L. Zimmerman / Mrs Tracy Briggs
15 O Brien, Lenhart P.
16 Olson, Abner J. 8 December 1924 Southam, Ramsey County 30 May 1944
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56293050/abner-j-olson
17 Osadchy, Vincent Vernon 7 Jan. 1920 Rushville Township, McLean County 29 Nov. 1943
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56293073/vincent-vernon-osadchy
18 Paton, Warren D. 7 Januari 1921 Dickey, LaMoure County 18 March 1944
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56293194/warren-d-paton
19 Rhine, Orville D. 16 Nov. 1923 Barton, Pierce County 30 March 1944
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56293700/orville-dean-rhine
20 Robinson, Claude Jerome from McLean County found by Mr Slangen.
21 Robinson, Earl R. 28 Februari 1917 Mohall, Renville County 29 Nov. 1943
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56293809/earl-r-robinson
22 Snydal, Larus Theodore from Gardar, Pembina County
photo thanks to Mrs Susan Sigurdson / Mrs Tracy Briggs
23 Waslien, Harlem A. 19 dec. 16 Traill County 9 June 1944
https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/56295356/harlem-a-waslien (Photo search started)
Mrs Tracy Briggs of InForum again supported this effort and the first photo arrived
one day after she published her call for help.
My ‘search drill’
This is my approach to find photo’s:
1 Find obits or other info the soldier or his family (Findagrave/Ancestry/Family Search/Fold3, Mil. Unit associations, American Legion etc).
Maybe use this page https://www.veterans.nd.gov/heroes/wwii-and-korea-book-nd-veterans
Try find their actual addresses in White Pages.
Phone or write letters.
Ask them to look in their family albums, if family is found.
OR
2 Find out to what church the family belonged/belongs (graveyard used/obits).
Ask with the church for photo’s at special moments, like confirmation.
3 Try (High) School yearbook pictures.
4 Try news paper articles while enlisting.
News paper articles while going overseas.
At the time of his death an obituary in a news paper.
Memorial Day articles,
V-Day remembrance articles etc. 1945, 1950 etc.
5 Ask with the local historical society.
6 Ask with the local veteran organization(s).
7 Ask with the local library.
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