SSgt Irvin Casper Ellingson
Tokyo Military Prison Fire
Non-Recoverable
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Neither of the two documents on this page actually fit into the category of Non-Recoverable. However, they do indicate an unfavorable situation that the family had to, and still may, endure.

The Application for Headstone or Marker was submitted on
20 December 1952 and is date stamped 2 January 1953.

Following this application is a letter from the QMC denying this request. Sometime after 1953 the law(s) were changed to allow Memorial Markers to be placed in cemeteries.

 

LETTER TO MR C. S. REITEN FROM LT COL FELBAUM, MEMORIAL DIVISION

6 FEBRUARY 1953

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