B-74406, MAY 26, 1970
Highlights
FRANCES PLATEK: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 24. A COPY OF WHICH WAS ENCLOSED WITH YOUR LETTER. YOU EXPRESS THE BELIEF THAT YOUR SON HAD "A LOT OF MONEY COMING TO HIM WHEN HE WAS KILLED.". WAS WRITTEN TO THIS OFFICE ON YOUR BEHALF BY MR. THE MATTER OF YOUR CLAIM WAS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED BY THIS OFFICE AND IN A DECISION DATED DECEMBER 13. A DETAILED REPORT WAS GIVEN YOU CONCERNING ALL OF THE ITEMS PROPERLY CHARGED AGAINST YOUR SON'S PAY ACCOUNT. A COPY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED DECISION WAS SENT TO YOU. SINCE YOU INDICATE NO AWARENESS OF THAT DECISION ANOTHER COPY IS FURNISHED HEREWITH. WE TRUST THAT THAT EXPLANATION WILL FULLY SATISFY YOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS REGARD.
B-74406, MAY 26, 1970
TO MRS. FRANCES PLATEK:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED FEBRUARY 24, 1970, WITH ENCLOSURE, ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, WHICH HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO OUR OFFICE FOR REPLY, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR ARREARS OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES BELIEVED DUE YOUR LATE SON, PRIVATE WALTER PLATEK, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH IN 1944.
ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN A SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIMS DIVISION OF OUR OFFICE DATED MARCH 19, 1945, A COPY OF WHICH WAS ENCLOSED WITH YOUR LETTER, YOU EXPRESS THE BELIEF THAT YOUR SON HAD "A LOT OF MONEY COMING TO HIM WHEN HE WAS KILLED." OF THE ITEMS THERE SHOWN AS PROPER CHARGES AGAINST YOUR SON'S PAY ACCOUNT YOU SEEM PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH THE ONE LISTED AS "OTHER CHARGES, ($197.20)."
AN INQUIRY DATED DECEMBER 23, 1947, WAS WRITTEN TO THIS OFFICE ON YOUR BEHALF BY MR. WALTER J. LASKA, ATTORNEY AT LAW, REQUESTING THAT AN EXPLANATION OF ALL CHARGES AGAINST YOUR LATE SON'S PAY ACCOUNT BE GIVEN. AS A RESULT, THE MATTER OF YOUR CLAIM WAS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED BY THIS OFFICE AND IN A DECISION DATED DECEMBER 13, 1948, B-74406, A DETAILED REPORT WAS GIVEN YOU CONCERNING ALL OF THE ITEMS PROPERLY CHARGED AGAINST YOUR SON'S PAY ACCOUNT, INCLUDING THE $197 WHICH YOU NOW QUESTION.
OUR FILE SHOWS THAT BY LETTER FROM OUR OFFICE DATED OCTOBER 3, 1967, A COPY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED DECISION WAS SENT TO YOU. SINCE YOU INDICATE NO AWARENESS OF THAT DECISION ANOTHER COPY IS FURNISHED HEREWITH. CONCERNING THE MATTER OF THE $197, WE DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST FULL PARAGRAPH ON PAGE 2 OF THAT DECISION. WE TRUST THAT THAT EXPLANATION WILL FULLY SATISFY YOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS REGARD.