Thank you very much for your reply as well as the other kind folks. Am very sorry to hear about your daughter passing away. I really am. My son just lost his young wife two months ago. It’s a terrible thing.
Some have asked what ship he was on. That we don’t know either. He was a high school friend of my dad, and they went separate ways - my dad in the air force and his friend to the navy. That’s not a lot of help to be sure.
Actually, he is looking for two friends.
One is James Bradley and the other is Gabriel Garnett.
I just wondered how helpful the VA or Social Security offices were if at all.
Didn’t know about Findsgrave either. Would be too bad to find his name there.
Thanks for all the help everyone. Much obliged.
Check out a site called City Data. They have a forum section where people will help you find lost family & friends....they are very good at it. Good luck.
Have you tried classmates.com? Send me a msg with his name, age, place of birth, etc. I will try to find him. Love genealogy and mysteries. Do you know parents’ name and their ages? You can try just typing in his name and see if anything pops up. Did he have any siblings and their names? Another thing. Does your dad know of any other friends from back then in school or afterwards? I wanted to find a girl I went to elementary school with. I was a member and found someone from my hometown with the same surname. I sent him a message and he was the girl’s older brother. Talk about luck. Don’t give up.