This week I was told that my husband died back in 2006 but I cant get any details?
Thursday, February 26th, 2009My husband was a retired US forces veteran who took a job in Saudi Arabia after he retired and I came home to England, we kept in contact and he came home when he could but it was hard being apart. I last saw him possibly in 2001 and we argued as we had drifted apart. He kept in contact when he felt like it but I could not contact him even though I tried and have been trying for years. I started to search for him on the internet and eventually found out through the US social security index that he had died in 2006. I have a retirees us military retirees ID card that had expired so I made enquiries about getting it renewed in England and was told I could do that at RAF Mildenhall
and I went there to try to do that. Immediately I produced my card at the main gate I explained I was there to renew it and hoped to get some legal advice. My ID was taken from me and I was told it was confiscated and I would not be allowed on the base without a sponsor. It was like a cruel cold slap in the face. I eventually made contact with the veterans administration and have been told that yes my husband died but their records do not have any details of where or how he died, they dont seem to have any records, but no military pension has been paid since the date of his death! I am horrified I just hope I will find out he had a decent funeral. We never got divorced because we always said we were together for life. Can anyone give me some advice, I have been trawling the internet searching but every web page I go to wants money then expects me to pay even if they dont find anything one page offered me a death certificate and expected me to pay almost $100 but told me I would still have to pay first even if the records could not be found or were unavailable I just dont know what to do next.
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