Posted on 02/22/2015 7:18:50 AM PST by pabianice
Maybe that's the way he wanted it. Alone with his demons ...
Possible but unlikely.
Yes, I did the same math...
Not unusual at his age. Unfortunately.
I am suspicious of the suggestion that he froze to death. This is because he had been dead a week, between two electric blankets. About 650 Americans die of hypothermia every year, so forensic evidence of cause of death is well known.
There is a good chance he just died of “old age”, and later froze.
Why would you say that? Sounds like they checked and got no answer at the door, so they called in the cops.
"An astounding number of American teenagers, both male and female, altered their birth dates in order to serve their country during World War Two. The practice reached its peak in 1943. Over time, nearly 50,000 were detected and sent home. Among the many who eventually managed to enlist, a handful was discovered court martialed and then stripped of any valor awards they might have earned. But the great majority some 200,000 went unnoticed and served honorably for the duration."
http://www.americanveteranscenter.org/2012/02/veterans-of-underage-military-service/
http://www.oldvums.org/
Why not wait until his family (if any) or the authorities make known his military records, from whatever legal papers they find at his home.
Why jump to conclusions?
So very sad. May the Lord receive this hero.
I guess he did not have any family
Concur... I know a few like that. It's just the way it is...
Horrible. Dunlap is about 25 miles north of Chattanooga on U.S. 127. U.S. 127 runs from Chattanooga to Lansing, Michigan. The story reminds me of one from Michigan a few years ago where an elderly man froze to death in his house after the power company cut off his power. He had tried to pay his bill but there was a small discrepancy between his check and the amount of the bill, so they cut off his power instead of helping him rectify the error.
Horrible. Dunlap is about 25 miles north of Chattanooga on U.S. 127. U.S. 127 runs from Chattanooga to Lansing, Michigan. The story reminds me of one from Michigan a few years ago where an elderly man froze to death in his house after the power company cut off his power. He had tried to pay his bill but there was a small discrepancy between his check and the amount of the bill, so they cut off his power instead of helping him rectify the error.
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