I have over the past 30 years frequently heard from Dutch families who participated in this US Soldier grave adoption - I now hear from the grandchildren of those families READ
The Forever Promise Project: Honoring and Remembering Fallen WWII American Soldiers in the Netherlands
I've researched all known Military Railway Soldier's deaths, here is the known burial in Netherlands.
For Memorial Day visit this site and read some of the bios Here
Military Railway Service: Honor List of Dead in World War II Rail soldiers ( spreadsheet ) who died 1942-1946. Designations: KIA- Killed in Action; DOI- Died of Injuries; DNB- Died Non battle; DOW- Died of wounds Most are listed as DNB-Died Non battle but remember their work was Non battle, so they died performing their duties.
“... these men gave the last full measure of devotion”
Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863
*I’ve identified 122 Military Rail dead, contact me if you know of others.
Here are all the know MRS soldiers killed during service HERE
