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« on: Thursday 11 February 10 01:02 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for the kind offer of help MeganWilber.
I have records for a man named John PRESTON but I can't work out if it is the same man or two different people.
He appears in the 1920 and 1930 census with his parents John and Henrietta living in Ansonia Ward 4, New Haven, Connecticut. There is also a record of a WW2 Army Enlistment for a John H Preston who enlisted in Hartford Connecticut on 16 Apr 1941. Could this be the same man?
I'm trying to find a US soldier who was stationed in New Zealand for a short time during 1943/44 probably serving with the 43rd division of the US Army. He called himself Harold Preston and was reportedly killed in October 1944 but I can't find a death record for him anywhere. Therefore I am now wondering if he was in fact John H Preston and the H stood for Harold. There were other Harold Prestons but they served in other areas of the world or died years later.
Would be grateful for some advice as I am new to US records.
Regards,
Esther