Some bureaucrat needs to be transferred to Northern Alaska
I believe his story. However, what has taken him so long to go to the VA? That is the first place I go to when ever I move different locations. Plus everyone knows about the fire so you would think the VA would be a bit more compassionate about that. I still find it strange that after 60 years he is now just going to the VA.
Too bad that it was military records that burned. In a fair universe, the VA bureaucrats would be burned.
quote “including discharge papers”
I would think that alone would be enough.
So? The VA asked me to provide proof that I was in the military as well. It does that for all veterans.
And yet the same government wants to allow people to vote with NO proof what so ever!
Common va delay tactic hoping vet will die before they are forced to help him.
A bunch of my Grandpa’s records were destroyed in that fire, but we resubmitted nearly everything from his personal copies.
Something a lot of veterans did after WWII did was take their DD 214 to the County Court House and have it registered and recorded on official records.
Different states have different ways but I suspect all of them would have recorded it.
Dead Man Warned He Will Lose Council Benefits
BBC News, July 13, 2000
A London council has written to a man telling him his council tax benefit was being stopped because he was dead.
Lambeth Borough Council's benefits department sent the letter to William Reynolds, who died in April from cancer, two weeks ago.
It said his benefit was being stopped because of his death and urged him to contact a hotline if he wanted to contest the decision.
The council has condemned the actions of its housing benefit contractor, Capita Business Services, and demanded an overhaul of the company's entire system to avoid a repeat of the incident.
The letter was opened by Christine Allery who moved into Mr. Reynolds' flat in West Norwood, South London, last month.
It read: "Your Council Tax Benefit has been stopped from 17 April 2000 because there has been a change in your circumstances, the change is because you are dead."
Council leader Tony Franklin said it was an indefensible error.
"We are demanding that Capita overhauls its systems immediately to ensure that such a form of words never appears again, even on internal documentation," he said.
Is there a GoFundMe or something similar setup for this man? I’d like to help ......