Pat Molloy, Naples, Florida: My uncle Daniel Molloy is buried in the American Cemetery in Cambridge, England. Danny enlisted in the infantry and participated in D-Day. He wrote his parents that he was transferring to the 101st Airborne. I imagine he was pretty excited because it meant more money to send home to his mom and dad in Lowell, Massachusetts. He died in early August 1944. He was the middle son and 23. There is no longer anyone alive who knew him, so I keep his memory by saying his name—Uncle Danny Molloy.

Kay Haden, Birmingham, Alabama: I have obtained military grave markers for two ancestors: a third great-grandfather who served as a lieutenant colonel in the War of 1812 and whose original marker had been washed away in a flood, and a great-grandfather who served in the Civil War and whose grave had never been marked. One does need to have the proper documentation of service and lineage, and a guarantee of a cemetery plot for the marker. The only cost is for the placing of the marker.

Richard Putnam, Milford, New Hampshire: My father, Lawrence Putnam, served in the 3042nd Graves Registration Company, which was part of the Quartermaster Corp of General Patton’s Third Army in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. He was most proud of his work on St. James Cemetery in Brittany in northern France. He remembered being in close proximity to General Patton at the dedication of this cemetery.

Carol Thacker, Layton, Utah: My paternal grandparents are buried in Arlington National Cemetery and my father and my son are buried in the Florida National Cemetery. My 2nd great-grandfather is buried in Proctor Cemetery in Andover, New Hampshire. His grave marker notes that he served in the Civil War. I've very proud of my military heroes. 

Linda Willis, Soquel, California: My uncle Clarence Baker served in the US Army Air Forces in World War II. He was killed in November 1944 during a reconnaissance mission when his plane was shot down over Hungary. Clarence was buried by locals in the Catholic cemetery in Baykonybel, Hungary, with the propeller from his plane as a grave marker. In June 1946, Clarence was reburied in the American Military Cemetery in Budapest. That September, he was reburied in the Saint Avold Military Cemetery in France. Finally, at the request of his mother, Belinda Baker, Clarance was repatriated and buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, in San Bernardino, California, on October 2, 1948.