Funerals for Pfc Nicholas J. Gojmerac and Sgt. Vernon L. Hamilton (World War II)

Last December, DPAA announced that it had accounted for Pfc Nicholas J. Gojmerac, USMC. Pfc Gojmerac was lost in the Solomon Islands in July 1943.

Pfc Gojmerac will be buried later this week – on Friday, 12 April 2019 – in Leavenworth, Kansas. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the location for his funeral or interment.

If any TAH readers have the precise location for either Pfc Gojmerac’s funeral or interment, please post it in comments below. And if any readers are in that area and have the time, here’s an opportunity to give someone lost during World War II a proper final send-off.

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Additionally, Last December DPAA announced that it had accounted for Sgt. Vernon L. Hamilton, US Army Air Forces. Sgt. Hamilton was lost in Germany on 21 March 1945.

Sgt. Hamilton will also be buried later this week – on Saturday, 13 April 2019 – in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. Regrettably, DPAA does not seem to have posted the specific location for his funeral or interment.

If any TAH readers have the precise location for either Sgt. Hamilton’s funeral or interment, please post it in comments below. And if any readers are in that area and have the time, here’s an opportunity to give someone lost during World War II a proper final send-off.

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