muddyboots Posted April 10, 2020 Share #1 Posted April 10, 2020 I picked this up this morning. Im not too familiar with early Army tags. I would appreciate some help with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted April 10, 2020 The back of the tag is what I usually dont see. Its usually a number or U.S.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted April 10, 2020 Share #3 Posted April 10, 2020 His unit served on the Mexican Border. Wharf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marchville1918 Posted April 10, 2020 Share #4 Posted April 10, 2020 I would read the front of the tag Cedric A Rice, Private, MG Co (machine gun company) 4th S D INF (4th South Dakota Infantry regiment which was a National Guard unit) and he was soldier number 29 on the company roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marchville1918 Posted April 10, 2020 Share #5 Posted April 10, 2020 I googled 4th south dakota inf mexican border roster and found his name. He was from a town named Parker. This is the kind of tag that the national guard used just before ww1. Later a serial number would have appeared on the tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted April 10, 2020 Awesome gentlemen!! And thank you. It’s a part of history that I am not that familiar with and will enjoy reading about it while on stay at home status but I am always on call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted April 14, 2020 I have found his WW1 registration card and I think it has his discharge from the South Dakota 4th Regiment at 9-12-1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted April 14, 2020 Back of card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmeraldBat Posted May 14, 2020 Share #9 Posted May 14, 2020 Any thoughts why a man born in Vermont and raised in Massachusetts would end up in the South Dakota National Guard? And, I wonder who Mrs. J. W. Temple was? He got married in 1918 to Jennie Leila Davidson ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted May 14, 2020 1 hour ago, EmeraldBat said: Any thoughts why a man born in Vermont and raised in Massachusetts would end up in the South Dakota National Guard? And, I wonder who Mrs. J. W. Temple was? He got married in 1918 to Jennie Leila Davidson ... I have been wondering the same thing about who she was and why the South Dakota N.G.. I pretty sure he was in trouble for desertion and caught in Virginia in 1908 and returned to Fort Warren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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