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9 dog tags, 8 different, same man


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I picked up 9 dog tages (with chains) at the flea market. They are all for the same person...Ezra R Patterson. On 6 of them his serial number is AF18206540, 3 have no serial number. All (that include it) agree that his blood type is A (or A Pos), and his religion is Baptist or P (Protestant).The other tags carry a variety of information including 3 different addresses, an emergency telephone number, and the letters T54 or T56.

 

I think AF is Air Force. Which would mean it is post 1947?

Why do 3 of the tags have no serial number?

What are T54 and T56?

 

Are these all official dog tags?

Can you date them from the notch?

 

My pre-Vietnam dog tags do not have a notch.

 

Paul

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Boy did that guy ever have a lot of tags! Those are all from the mid 50's, as the T dates (years he received a tetanus shot) show and they are indeed Air Force. The ones with addresses on them are probably just ones he had made up as a request, since at that time dog tags were not made with an address on them. That's a nice group.

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