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B-192554 1 (1978-10-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgno0001 and id is 1 raw text is: /. ¶\ TH -ClvPTROLL r0- C-l11/AL [34 1 QFCPIiIL1i .P THL1 UNITED UTATEC0 <4,VALkIINUT CJrJ. D. C. LPU0 *1U A' ~trr 77F/ IT DIGEST: DATE: October 26, 1978 Estate of 1oward Stokely Where Government records necessary to either justify o', refute a claim have been destroyed pursuant to law, or become unavailable due to the lpse of time, and tero is no other documenta- tion available from any sircee to estab- lish the liability of the United Statis, this Office has no alternative but -to sust in the Claims Division's disallow- ance of the claim. 1iThis action is in responseto a letter from Mr. Freddie Stokely, which constitutes an appeal from our Claims Division settlementdated October 3, 1975, which disallowed Mr. Stokely's claim for the proceeds of a check allegedly mailed to but never received by his aunt or some other family member after the death of his uncle, lbward Stokely, a former member of the United Statcs Ar5y. The record shows that'on October 7, 1917, Mr. Ho% ell Stokeland was inducted into the Uited State. Army. He was discharged on February 5, 1920. However, the fingerprints of Howard Stokely are identical iith those of Howell Stokeland. The record further indi- cates that Mr. Howard Stokely died *on November 16, 1926. The claimant 'believes that a check was issued to his uncle in the name ol Howcll Stokeland An the 1920s or 1930s. In the absence of more specific information on April 4, 1975, our Claims Division requested the claimant to furnish hgis unule's service number and the dateof.his discharge. Upon receijit of this information and since no payinent due was I3entifiid as a result thereof our Claims Division on October 3, 1975, asked the zlaimant to furnish further information including the unber of the check, date of the check and the name and symbol. number of the disbursing officer, The claimanL has not furnishe this information. r We have been advised by the United States Army Finance and Accounting Center that pay records prior to 1959 have been destyed pursuant.to law rtaiting to disposal of records (se Chapter 33 of title 44, United StaLes Code, and title 41., Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 101, Pait 101-11l - Records I FILE: B-192554 MATTER OF: k - F

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