Help ID pins on this soldier's picture

[stratasfan]

Just hoping that someone might be able to ID the DUI pins that this young man is wearing on his lower lapels and hat! Thanks!

 

[militariaone]

Greetings,

It looks like the 15th Cavalry Regiment to me.

V/r Lance

[stratasfan]

Thanks! It sure does! I appreciate it. This is a really cool picture, and I was researching the soldier, and could only find his rank (Tec 4). Couldn't find what he was in.

 

 

Tec 4 Bernard Frederick Voelcker

 

Born: 7 Apr 1920 in Newark, New Jersey

 

Death: 26 Oct 2005 in Spotsylvania, Virginia

Buried: Quantico National Cemetery, Quantico, Prince William County, Virginia (Sec. 19, grave 813)

 

 

Parents: Emil Theodore & Elizabeth Schaaf Voelcker

Siblings: Emil T. Jr., Elizabeth D., Edward J., Walter L.

 

Spouse: Marguerite Alice Biller (1923-2001)

 

 

In 1940, Bernard had 2 years of High School and was working as a sheet metal worker.

 

Enlisted: 6 Jan 1942 at Fort Dix, NJ (2 yrs. of High School, 70" tall, 134 lbs.)

Release Date: 18 Nov 1945

[militariaone]

No problem.

 

V/r Lance