Hi Everyone – I received the request below on the Idaho Division of Veteran Services Facebook page. The American Legion chapter in the Netherlands is trying to “put a face” to each grave marker at the WWII American Cemetery in Margraten. He is looking for a picture of Howard E. Lewis whose hometown was Nampa. Can anyone help?

Greetings, My name is Ray Perez and I am the Commander of American Legion Post NL01. Our Post is in the Netherlands and were named after the American WWII Cemetery in “Margraten” We support a project called “Faces of Margraten” This is where we post up a picture of the service member next to his stone cross. We have 10,023 buried or on the “Wall of the Missing” in Margraten and we posted up 5,750 this past month. The event happens every two years are so my post is helping to find pictures of the rest of our fallen heroes. I’m looking for a picture of Howard E Lewis. SN: 0-734937. His hometown was in Nampa. He was a 2LT Bombardier on B17 Nicknamed: Spare Ball. He went MIA 15 May 1943. His name is on the Wall of the Missing @ American War Cemetery Margraten. I hope your able to track down a picture of 2Lt. Lewis.

Mitzi Cheldelin
Joining Forces for the Treasure Valley