Need Help Dog Tag James D Erskine found in West Germany Huertgen Forest

[Forrest2016]

Hello Guys, 

yesterday we found the dog tag from James D Erskine. The place was Huertgen Forest. 

The No is: 0-402180. It may be an Officer?

More Information: Mrs J D Erskine Cold Srpin Harbor Love Island NY.

 

Unfortunately the No ist not find in NARA. 

 

Have you further information for us? Is he coming back to US after World War II? When he was born? etc.

Thanks for your help.

Best Regards

Forrestwalker

[love4history]

That would be Cold Spring Harbor Long Island

[love4history]

Quite likely this would be the man: https://nl.findagrave.com/memorial/230185596/james_drummond-erskine

 

(notice the info that he was pre-deceased by a sister who was (still) living in Cold Spring Harbor..... )

[kfields]

WOW! What a great writeup in 'findagrave'! 

Excellent find!

[Forrest2016]

Thanks a lot for the informaton. But how it is possible to identify him secure? It will be great to know. No offense. Excuse my english. Why is his serial not to be find? As an officer, your sre right cold spring harbour of course

[love4history]

Pretty sure this is the right man but I'm afraid my knowledge of dog tags and the information on it is rather limited. I was hoping someone more knowledgeable in that field would be willing to give an analysis and connect the dots between the tag and the info from Findagrave.