Army (and USAAF) WW2 dog tag information

[Salvage Sailor]

Nice link for collectors with lots of detail

 

US Army WWII Dog Tags

[craig_pickrall]

Thanks for posting this. I knew it existed but lost the link and was looking for it a couple of weeks ago. I am moving it to where the other dog tag info is located.

[37thguy]

Have had this chart for years. Thought it may help someone out there tighten up some loose ends?

 

Enjoy!

 

This concerns the first two digits of all U.S. Army service numbers (for enlisted men) of the W.W.II era. The first two digits tell you something about each man:

 

The first digit:

1 = volunteer

2 = National Guard

3 = draftee

4 = draftee (?)

6 = Regular Army

7 = ?

 

The second digit:

1 = New England states

2 = New York, New Jersey

3 = Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia

4 = Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida

5 = Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky

6 = Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan

7 = Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota

8 = Arkansas, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana

9 = California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, Utah

 

EXAMPLES:

 

 

 

Alphonse Sito 33728517 Drafted Maryland

Shaffer, Jack M. 20902185 National Guard California

Fred Zimmerman 35616612 Drafted Ohio

Elmer P. Klug 6826182 Regular Army

John G. Sims 14163932 volunteered Tennessee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Military Post Office Abbreviations

 

AAFES- Army/Air Force Exchange Service

APO- Army/ Air force Post Office

FPO- Fleet Post Office

MOM- Military Ordinary Mail

MPO- Military Post Office

Box R- Retired Military Personnel

[camonick]

Thanks for the tidbit! This should be pinned.

 

-Ski

 

I stumbled across this web page when I was researching my grandpa's history. Link: http://home.att.net/~steinert/us_army_ww2_dog_tags.htm

 

This should help also.

Nick

[oss.capt]

Thanks for the information!

 

So if I'm correct, this veteran was a volunteer?

 

01315262

[Jeeper704]

That's for Enlisted Men only, not for Officers.

 

Erwin

[FightenIrish35]

This charts realllllly helpful especially when the person is Drafted because you cant find them on the NARA site under enlistments!!!I reccomend this to anyone to give you a basic info on your guy.Thanks for posting this!!

[37thguy]

BTT for new members. This is good info, but has buried for awhile.

 

Hope it's helpful!

[mars&thunder]

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