ssgmac Posted May 7, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 7, 2017 Was it common place to xxxx out an existing name and put another soldiers name onto a tag during the 1st world war? I have one like this.. Cpl C. E. Sutherland Thanks Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdogchristy90 Posted May 7, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 7, 2017 Are you sure it was the soldiers name that was X'd out. At first they put the soldiers unit on the tags and then later X'd them out for safty. Are you sure it's not the unit that is X'd out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssgmac Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted May 7, 2017 Are you sure it was the soldiers name that was X'd out. At first they put the soldiers unit on the tags and then later X'd them out for safty. Are you sure it's not the unit that is X'd out? I will look this afternoon, you might be correct as to the unit being marked out...Will update later today... Thanks Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdogchristy90 Posted May 7, 2017 Share #4 Posted May 7, 2017 I will look this afternoon, you might be correct as to the unit being marked out...Will update later today... Thanks Sean Here's my tag. Notice the name is around the edge then his Unit information was X'd out in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssgmac Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted May 7, 2017 Here are the Pics...Clinton E. Sutherland, have his gasmask and a mills pistolBelt...talked to him on the phone in 1979 or 1980, he lived in Atlanta,GA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdogchristy90 Posted May 7, 2017 Share #6 Posted May 7, 2017 Here are the Pics... Clifton E. Sutherland, have his gasmask and a mills pistol Belt...talkes to him on the phone in 1979 or 1980, he lived in Atlanta,GA It definitely looks like the tags are his, just later in the war his unit information was X'd out in the middle. I like the messy look of it, shows the letters were hand stamped and "personalized" instead of machined. Nice tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted May 7, 2017 Share #7 Posted May 7, 2017 Some info on your guy. Clinton Sutherland Departure Date: 9 May 1919 Departure Place: St Nazaire, France Arrival Date: 1919 Residence Place: Alexandria Virginia Next of Kin: Mrs. Helen Sutherland Relationship: Mother Ship: Matsonia Military Unit: HQ. CO. 116TH INF Rank: Corporal Service Number: 1,290,203 Notes: HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 116TH INF. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssgmac Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted May 7, 2017 Some info on your guy. Clinton Sutherland Departure Date: 9 May 1919 Departure Place: St Nazaire, France Arrival Date: 1919 Residence Place: Alexandria Virginia Next of Kin: Mrs. Helen Sutherland Relationship: Mother Ship: Matsonia Military Unit: HQ. CO. 116TH INF Rank: Corporal Service Number: 1,290,203 Notes: HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 116TH INF. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Awesome info...fast, When I was 10 or eleven on a Saturday my parents had went to a yard sale that was listed in the Atlanta journal I had called and the Lady had said she had set it aside, found his ID tag in his gas mask bag along with mask and repair kit, he had inscribed his name on the Bag and also the pistol belt...got his Helmet also, but it is unmarked as I recall... Talked to him briefly on the phone! Many Thanks Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everforward Posted May 27, 2017 Share #9 Posted May 27, 2017 Very cool..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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