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Is there any way to find my Finding US marine grandadancestor without aknowing birthdate?

I am trying to track down my US grandad / his family but keep hitting brick walls without his date of birth. I am English but my mum was born in Germany in 1949 to a German National mum and a US Marine. From

From the following information, do you think it is possible to track the US marine and if so what route would you recommend? 

Searching German or US records?

From - Mississippi USA (possibly Tupelo) Stationed in - Bremerhaven, Germany 1948 Year of birth - probably between 1923 and 1930 Photo - shows him as (possibly) a staff sergeant, and posed with a Jeep. Registration C-16498 with perhaps a motor pool connection Family - 9 siblings.

His family wrote to say that he was MIA when my gran was pregnant with my mum but we are unsure if that was the case.

Is there any way to find my US marine grandad without a birthdate?

I am trying to track down my US grandad / his family but keep hitting brick walls without his date of birth. I am English but my mum was born in Germany in 1949 to a German National mum and a US Marine. From the following information, do you think it is possible to track the US marine and if so what route would you recommend? Searching German or US records?

From - Mississippi USA (possibly Tupelo) Stationed in - Bremerhaven, Germany 1948 Year of birth - probably between 1923 and 1930 Photo - shows him as (possibly) a staff sergeant, and posed with a Jeep. Registration C-16498 with perhaps a motor pool connection Family - 9 siblings.

His family wrote to say that he was MIA when my gran was pregnant with my mum but we are unsure if that was the case.

Finding US marine ancestor without knowing birthdate?

I am trying to track down my US grandad / his family but keep hitting brick walls without his date of birth. I am English but my mum was born in Germany in 1949 to a German National mum and a US Marine.

From the following information, do you think it is possible to track the US marine and if so what route would you recommend? 

Searching German or US records?

From - Mississippi USA (possibly Tupelo) Stationed in - Bremerhaven, Germany 1948 Year of birth - probably between 1923 and 1930 Photo - shows him as (possibly) a staff sergeant, and posed with a Jeep. Registration C-16498 with perhaps a motor pool connection Family - 9 siblings.

His family wrote to say that he was MIA when my gran was pregnant with my mum but we are unsure if that was the case.

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Is there any way to find my US marine grandad without a birthdate?

I am trying to track down my US grandad / his family but keep hitting brick walls without his date of birth. I am English but my mum was born in Germany in 1949 to a German National mum and a US Marine. From the following information, do you think it is possible to track the US marine and if so what route would you recommend? Searching German or US records?

From - Mississippi USA (possibly Tupelo) Stationed in - Bremerhaven, Germany 1948 Year of birth - probably between 1923 and 1930 Photo - shows him as (possibly) a staff sergeant, and posed with a Jeep. Registration C-16498 with perhaps a motor pool connection Family - 9 siblings.

His family wrote to say that he was MIA when my gran was pregnant with my mum but we are unsure if that was the case.