Project 100,000

[jim46]

Although I can't find anything about them in Paul Braddock's book on Dog Tags, tags occasionally pop up as attributed to a soldier who was part of McNamara's Project 100,000 during the Vietnam War. This was a plan to bring men into the military who had lower than acceptable scores on their pre-induction exams. My questions, then, are: Were these men assigned a separate block of serial numbers? If so, why? And if so, what was that range? And, finally, if so, what is the source of documentation verifying this?

 

There is such a tag on Ebay right now (December 29, 2020) with a serial number that runs: "RA 67######"

 

Thanks for any input.

[bellasilva]

I believe they were assigned a separate block. I have two such tags in my collection. The seller is a highly knowledgeable tag collector here on the forum.

[Reforger]

Supposedly 67 at the beginning of the service number indicates the soldier belonged to Project 100,000.

[javimetal]

Hello

Yes, the dog tags started with the code 67xxxx

Here is one from my collection, which belonged to Robert Rivera.

https://portervillefuneral.com/obituaries/robert-rivera-2011