ardennes44 Posted March 22, 2018 Share #1 Posted March 22, 2018 Hello guys Iam looking for contact with his family;-) I kNow that I have some family who moves to USA in early 20th century or late 19 th. We have the same name . William DAUTEL . And I would like to know more info about him , iam from Belgium and William fought in Belgium , in a tank destroyer battalion and iam pretty sure that he was in my town in september 44. Hope you can help me to find his family :-) He was from Pennsylvania but born in Maryland. Serial army number 33807988 In advance thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familytreevets Posted March 22, 2018 Share #2 Posted March 22, 2018 This is from his obituary. Search on the names Donna Leithmann and Lois Abbott (or their children using both last names). I'd start with a facebook search. General internet search will likely show something from public records. He is survived by two daughters, Donna Leithmann, wife of the late Joseph, and Lois Abbott, wife of William; five grandchildren, Bonnie of West Virginia, Laurie of Arizona, Susan (Sam) of Gilbertsville, Kim (Mike) of Lansdale, and Bill (Courtney) of Conshocken; and two great-grandchildren, Samantha and Parker. Bill was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in World War II. He saw action in Belgium, Germany and France in the Tank Destroyer Unit. After the war ended, he was an escort for General Eisenhower and Charles DeGaulle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardennes44 Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted March 22, 2018 Thanks I found Ms Lois DAUTEL Abbott on Facebook hope she will reply :-) I will let you know if I can earn more info :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardennes44 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted August 17, 2018 Hello sadly No replies from family :-( Is it possible to know in witch unit was he ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardennes44 Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted November 3, 2022 Up can someone help me to find the unit of the soldier ? no one from the family sawn my message since years … i would like to know if he was in my area during the war . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratasfan Posted November 9, 2022 Share #6 Posted November 9, 2022 Hi! Here is his Pennsylvania Veterans' Compensation form, and it lists the days he served in the USA and dates he was overseas. Seems like he only served overseas starting 23 Mar 1945 through 2 Mar 1946: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardennes44 Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted November 9, 2022 5 hours ago, stratasfan said: Hi! Here is his Pennsylvania Veterans' Compensation form, and it lists the days he served in the USA and dates he was overseas. Seems like he only served overseas starting 23 Mar 1945 through 2 Mar 1946: Many thanks for the document ;-) I suppose all was a lie about that story , he was not in Belgium , France , Germany during the war .maybe in Germany very late war … and I suppose he was not général de Gaulle escort too :-( i don’t know what is exactly an “ escort “ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratasfan Posted November 9, 2022 Share #8 Posted November 9, 2022 Well, he could have been there during the late war/post-war/occupation period. As far as an Escort . . . I would think that would mean that he was part of a military detail that went along with or guarded De Gualle at some point. He could have been, I suppose, as De Gaulle would have had escorts and I believe did return to Europe during that time period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardennes44 Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted November 10, 2022 19 hours ago, stratasfan said: Well, he could have been there during the late war/post-war/occupation period. As far as an Escort . . . I would think that would mean that he was part of a military detail that went along with or guarded De Gualle at some point. He could have been, I suppose, as De Gaulle would have had escorts and I believe did return to Europe during that time period. I found some member of family on messenger but nobody open my message since 2018 … so I have no more info . Hope one day I will get a reply . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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