My name is Jan Cornelis de Mik,

I was born in Rotterdam in 1951.

I've been working closely with Peter Zabel for some time now, as it turns out that our search-related interests are parallel.

I am mainly looking for (missing) soldiers of all nationalities of the First and Second World War. After finding the soldier, I look for his family to bring her the good news.

Most of my searches concern soldiers whose ID tags were found on the former battlefields of World War I, near Verdun.
Two of my friends, Maarten Otte and Marc Calluy, who live in the villages of Nantillois and Montfaucon, regularly find dog tags in the fields and in the woods.
They send me a clear picture of the dog tag and then I start a search.

For example, I have (successfully) searched for German, French, Belgian and American soldiers.

I also found Dutch forced laborers and their families.


The reason for my search lies in the fact that I would like to try to turn the grief of the past into a little joy in the present.


Here are the results: