Veteran search: Army Nurses

Factual Questions
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I used to have a housework customer who was an Army nurse in World War II, with the rank of captain. (She had her captain’s commission framed on a wall of her apartment when she lived next door to us). I haven’t seen her since the late 1970s; she was still an RN and in fact was affiliated with the Visiting Nurses Association in Redondo Beach, CA.
I would imagine that if she is still living she would be nearly 80 now. I had no luck hunting for her name in the Social Security Death Index (I can’t locate the index itself online); US Search was no help and neither was Ask Jeeves (I got that damned “The page cannot be displayed” message.
Can anyone help?

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I’ve used this site in the past to search for stuff.

3

I tried that; thanks just the same, Dontask. I thought the fact that she was a nurse in the Army and had a captain’s commission might help…

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dougie_montie

I’m not sure if I understand it when you say

and then say that you have used the death index as provided by don’t ask.

YOu did or didnot use the death index?

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do you know if she is a college graduate? I have had some luck in the past contacting Univ. libraries/archives and getting info on people who stayed in touch with their alumni assoc. etc.

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To clarify: I did get to the website suggested by Dontask. This did not, however, provide me with the voluminous computerized database I once found on a computer in the big library ion downtown Los Angeles. (It even included Harry Truman.)
Most likely, this nurse went to college, which I presume is a requirement to qualify as a Registered Nurse in California, and of course to get a captain’s commission in the military. I don’t know what state she was from nor do I know what college she graduated from. I did give her first name, middle initial, and last name on the website Dontask provided.

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How about www.whitepages.com if she has a reasonably uncommon name. I randomly chose Charles Robinson and California. It came back with a list all over the state.

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My effort, using an uncommon first name but quite common last name, turned up nothing. Maybe only the military has a record–or a state professional authority (for RN’s)…