Thor996 Posted May 8, 2020 Share #1 Posted May 8, 2020 Long shot here, but any way to trace this soldier? thanks in advance for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeffrey Magut Posted May 8, 2020 Share #3 Posted May 8, 2020 Name: Robert J Howe Jr Departure Date: 12 Nov 1936 Departure Place: Fort Slocum New York Arrival Place: Quarry Heights Canal Zone Ship: Chateau Thierry Military Unit: 2 Inf Rank: Private Service Number: 6902131 From ancestry's Army Transport Lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted May 9, 2020 Were interwar ID tags round like this though? and were service men in two wars assigned the same serial number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted May 9, 2020 this soldier was born 1890- and another enlistment record for 1940- and research that another forum member sent me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted May 9, 2020 18 hours ago, Jeffrey Magut said: Name: Robert J Howe Jr Departure Date: 12 Nov 1936 Departure Place: Fort Slocum New York Arrival Place: Quarry Heights Canal Zone Ship: Chateau Thierry Military Unit: 2 Inf Rank: Private Service Number: 6902131 From ancestry's Army Transport Lists. thank you- this puts a record of him in the army prior to the second world war and would most likely account for the style of dog tag used in that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted May 9, 2020 Share #7 Posted May 9, 2020 Enlisted service numbers from 6 to 7 million were issued 1919 to 1940. This is my take: The 1940 US Census lists your man at Fort Slocum NY, age 23. Born 1916 in NY and enlisted around 1936. Re enlisted 1940. Taken POW 1942. Liberated Jan. 1945 and returned. Signed up for the Draft as an unemployed Discharged Vet. in NY, June, 1945. Passed away in NY, 1992 . Info from NARA, Ancestry and Find A Grave. Nice tag. Wharf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted May 9, 2020 thank you Wharf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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