Need help identifying something military related

Good luck on your hunt! There is a service called Find a Grave that catalogs old grave yards. With his name and birth and death dates I would bet you could find him. On the site there is a way to leave messages for his family. This is how I was reunited with Civil War correspondence between my great great grandfather and great great grandmother, purchased in a box of old stuff at a yard sale. If you find the grave the cemetery might have contact info for the family.