robreuss
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- Joined
- Oct 12, 2012
- Location
- Berkeley, CA
Hello all -
My first post - greetings.
I have a general question about the pension program. My gg-aunt lots two boys, both about age 18 and both (as far as I can tell) unmarried. She filed a single claim as a dependent parent, but only for one of the two sons. The other son, who's service detail and burial at a national cemetery I have confirmed, is mentioned in one of the third-party affidavits in the application, however it seems she only made a pension claim on the basis of the one son.
Does anyone know if there was a restriction for dependent parent claims, limiting it to a single claim irrespective of number of sons lost?
Any other ideas why this may have been the case?
FYI, the unclaimed son was 17 when he enlisted in 1864 and was dead before the year was out after being wounded at Alsops Farm, and dying in a hospital of disease in September, and so while a last minute marriage isn't out the question, NARA has no record of a window's claim on behalf of his service.
Thanks for any insight you can offer!
Rob
My first post - greetings.
I have a general question about the pension program. My gg-aunt lots two boys, both about age 18 and both (as far as I can tell) unmarried. She filed a single claim as a dependent parent, but only for one of the two sons. The other son, who's service detail and burial at a national cemetery I have confirmed, is mentioned in one of the third-party affidavits in the application, however it seems she only made a pension claim on the basis of the one son.
Does anyone know if there was a restriction for dependent parent claims, limiting it to a single claim irrespective of number of sons lost?
Any other ideas why this may have been the case?
FYI, the unclaimed son was 17 when he enlisted in 1864 and was dead before the year was out after being wounded at Alsops Farm, and dying in a hospital of disease in September, and so while a last minute marriage isn't out the question, NARA has no record of a window's claim on behalf of his service.
Thanks for any insight you can offer!
Rob