James Vincent Valentine-Indiana

Hello,

I am looking for information about my great uncle, James Vincent Valentine PFC, American, serial number 35170909, Army, from Indiana, Parent Unit number 0168, North African Theatre: Tunisia. He was captured in Tunisia and housed at Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in the vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17, 1943-1945.

Any information will be helpful and most appreciated.

Thank you,

Gayle

 

Welcome.

Give our sister forum, WWII Forums, which is oriented more toward the US Army. It could be worth trying to search here, it is a simple search function, for the POW camp(s). As I understand it no German POW camps were US-only, so everyone, except the Soviets, were mixed up. If that fails try using "Stalag 2B" + "ww2talk.com" on a search engine.

 

Gayle,

stalag IIb hammerstien | WW2Talk

NARA - AAD - Display Full Records - Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) (archives.gov)

NARA - AAD - Display Full Records - World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 (archives.gov)

Microsoft Word - ETO-STALAG 2B (axpow.org)

Regards,

Dave

 

Thank you very much. I will give it a try.