SarahFair
Senior Member
I was going to write up a quick story on the WWII thread about my Great grand uncle Paul E Faircloth who was KIA in Germany.
He was buried in France.
www.findagrave.com
Anyways, I went to reference the findagrave page when low and behold someone had added a pretty clear picture of him in uniform just 2 days ago.
All I had before was a grainy picture from a book, so I was over joyed.
See, back some years ago Adam Makos' team had contacted me in search of my grandfather because he was writing a book on Clarence Seymore, a WWII gunner.
My Uncle, Paul, was his SS and was to receive recognition in the book.
Unfortunately my grandfather had recently died and I could be of no help, but thankfully they later found another family member who had a picture (Makos' team would never swap the contact information to which family member it was, the only remaining family I know of for this line are my father, aunt, sister, and I).
So, when I saw a fresh picture had been posted I clicked to see who added the picture. The profile had a "home page" link that went directly to a tribute page for my uncle.
It is in English and French
Towards the bottom of this page it says this
I have seen the stone memorial they are talking about.
The website shows a cut out of it, but I saw the same unedited picture, it seems to be laying on a pallet.
To me it looks like a man who has a small group that takes an interest in the history of WWII in their area.
I looked him up further on Google and found his linked in page, it seems he was talking about the above event 3 years ago.
www.linkedin.com
I'd like to contact him to see exactly what kind of help he'd need, but my question is, has anyone heard of scams like this?
He was buried in France.
SSgt Paul E Faircloth (1924-1944) - Find a Grave...
He was killed in a battle which came to be known as the Battle of the Mons Pocket in Belgium. By 2 September 1944 the 3rd Armoured Division which was operating on the right flank of the 1st Infantry Division had penetrated into Belgium east of Mons thereby cutting off the escape route of...
www.findagrave.com
Anyways, I went to reference the findagrave page when low and behold someone had added a pretty clear picture of him in uniform just 2 days ago.
All I had before was a grainy picture from a book, so I was over joyed.
See, back some years ago Adam Makos' team had contacted me in search of my grandfather because he was writing a book on Clarence Seymore, a WWII gunner.
My Uncle, Paul, was his SS and was to receive recognition in the book.
Unfortunately my grandfather had recently died and I could be of no help, but thankfully they later found another family member who had a picture (Makos' team would never swap the contact information to which family member it was, the only remaining family I know of for this line are my father, aunt, sister, and I).
So, when I saw a fresh picture had been posted I clicked to see who added the picture. The profile had a "home page" link that went directly to a tribute page for my uncle.
It is in English and French
PAUL FAIRCLOTH | TANKS IN TOWN OFFICIEL 2024
tanksintown.be
Towards the bottom of this page it says this
I have seen the stone memorial they are talking about.
The website shows a cut out of it, but I saw the same unedited picture, it seems to be laying on a pallet.
To me it looks like a man who has a small group that takes an interest in the history of WWII in their area.
I looked him up further on Google and found his linked in page, it seems he was talking about the above event 3 years ago.
Pierre DEGHAYE on LinkedIn: PAUL FAIRCLOTH | TANKS IN TOWN OFFICIEL 2023
Before the memory fades... In 2018, in collaboration with the PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATIATION "MONS DUTY OF MEMORY" we invested in the creation of a stone stele in…
www.linkedin.com
I'd like to contact him to see exactly what kind of help he'd need, but my question is, has anyone heard of scams like this?
