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Balboa Coast Artillery


Jim Morris
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My father served in the Balboa Coast artillery 1919-1921, stationed at Fort Amador, Panama Canal Zone. Would he have worn some sort of shoulder patch while in that outfit? As I understand it, DUIs didn't come into use until the mid-1920s, but shoulder patches were worn long before then.

Anybody here ever seen or heard of a patch for this unit?

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My father served in the Balboa Coast artillery 1919-1921, stationed at Fort Amador, Panama Canal Zone. Would he have worn some sort of shoulder patch while in that outfit? As I understand it, DUIs didn't come into use until the mid-1920s, but shoulder patches were worn long before then.

Anybody here ever seen or heard of a patch for this unit?

 

 

All of the coast artillery units would have worn the Panama Canal Department patch, but I believe it wasn't approved until 1922. So your father's sleeve was likely bare.

 

Bob

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