Strunk v. United States

FORD, District Judge.

Howard Max Strunk was born on July 26, 1919. He entered the military service of the United States on October 29, 1940, and was killed in line of active duty, on September 17, 1944. He left neither widow nor child; he was never married. His mother died a few days after his birth. The plaintiff, Charles Earl Strunk, father of the deceased soldier, after a “disagreement” between him and the Veterans Administration requisite to jurisdiction, 38 U. S.C.A. § 817, filed this action seeking to recover $10,000, the aggregate amount of two National Service Life Insurance policies…