


Seymore Wechsler, 15098993 T42
Found
by Papua New Guinean, wreck-tec,
Wilkenson "Wilke" Egimbari.
He takes photographs of WWII wreckage, for a friend of mine named John
Douglas, who lives in Port Moresby. Wilke found this dog tag near Buna
area of Popondetta
(Oro Province), Papua New Guinea.
Search for Wechsler Successful
After looking up his name on the
American Battle Monuments website, and found out that he was not an MIA or
KIA
from WWII,
so probably, he dropped the dog tag during the war.
Pacific Wrecks
did
a search for "Wechsler" in the Cleveland
area, where Seymore Wechsler's home address was during WWII. After a quick
search of the white pages, Seymore's brother, Herbert Wechsler was able located,
and
confirmed that his brother, Seymore, had served in New Guinea as a ground crew
with the US Army Air Force. He passed away three
years ago at the age of
81.