Vincennes Posted September 11, 2020 Share #1 Posted September 11, 2020 Theodore D Howard was a 30year man. Started out as enlisted, got out, when the depression came he re-uped as an enlisted man. He was made a Warrant Officer during WW2. And he was at Pearl Harbor during the attack. It is strange that his unit and location are listed. APO 957 was Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. Then they added the "Rifle Rack No-2" stamp. Weird. Not sure if this is a personal ID dog tag or an equipment access tag. Born 22 March 1902 Enlisted Jan 15 1920 Discharged Jan 2 1923 Re-Enlisted Sept 19 1929 1930 Census listed as enlisted man (April 3, 1930) at Ft. Ruger, Honolulu, Hawaii in HQ Battery 16th Coast Artillery 1940 census 4/1/40, Sgt. in Headquarters Battery , 16th. Coast Artillery, Fort Ruger, Oahu, Hawaii Promoted to Warrant Officer Feb 4 1943 (HQ Personnel Center, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii (APO 957) on dog tag) Promoted to Chief Warrant Officer CW2 Nov. 26 1943 Promoted to Warrant Officer CW3 Oct 1 1949 Promoted to Warrant Officer CW4 Nov 1 1954 Retired Nov 30 1956 (30 years service) Died March 16, 1988 Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reforger Posted September 12, 2020 Share #2 Posted September 12, 2020 I think your second assumption of equipment tag of some kind is probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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