Ricardo Posted January 8, 2007 Share #1 Posted January 8, 2007 Hi All,Please, show your U.S. Dog Tags! Any Era!!! Thanks!Best regards,Ricardo.WW2 USMC Dog Tags: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted January 8, 2007 Author Share #2 Posted January 8, 2007 466th Bomb Group (Heavy) Navigator’s dag tags: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRA227 Posted January 8, 2007 Share #3 Posted January 8, 2007 Some of mine.Army-last W.W.1 tag is to a 1st.Lt. 109 Inf.,next W.W.2 is named to Helen Heydt,first 2 sets in second row are to same guy. 1 set is the early type with his home address. U.S.M.C./U.S.M.C.R./U.S.N.R.-W.W.1 U.S.M.C.,2 W.W.2 U.S.M.C.R. and 2 W.W.2 U.S.N.R. Rich A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1944 Posted January 9, 2007 Share #4 Posted January 9, 2007 Hi Daan, Nice early dogtags!! FYI: I found some info on the first one's owner Name WILLIAM J DITTY Birth05 Mar 1910 Death 22 Aug 1999 Last Residence(V) 18067 (Northampton, Northampton, PA) SSN (172-01-3419 ) Issued Pennsylvania Friendly regards Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryson152 Posted January 9, 2007 Share #5 Posted January 9, 2007 Hi All, I believe these come from a 2nd Infantry Division guy, but couldn't even get a basic hit on NARA. I would truly love to confirm that he was 2nd Infantry Division. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Sebring Posted January 9, 2007 Share #6 Posted January 9, 2007 Here is a set my dad had along with a good "Dog Tags" link. http://home.att.net/~steinert/us_army_ww2_dog_tags.htm Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted January 9, 2007 Share #7 Posted January 9, 2007 Hi Carl, Thanks but i allready had that information, i meant that i don't know in what unit he was in, in what campaigns he took part, etc. Maybe it helps if i send a Form180. Regards Daan FYI: I found some info on the first one's owner Name WILLIAM J DITTY Birth05 Mar 1910 Death 22 Aug 1999 Last Residence(V) 18067 (Northampton, Northampton, PA) SSN (172-01-3419 ) Issued Pennsylvania Friendly regards Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted January 9, 2007 Share #8 Posted January 9, 2007 The following is a set of dog tags I bought at an estate sell a couple of years ago. I got several other items as well. From the paperwork I determined the GI was the Company Clerk. This is a guess but I think he may have been the one that made the dog tags. It looks like everytime there was a change in the tags he made one for himself and kept all of them. I have tried to put them in a logical order. Any comments are welcome. The first item is an Addressograph Name Plate that was used for personnel records. I also got a so-so impression from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KASTAUFFER Posted February 4, 2007 Share #11 Posted February 4, 2007 This topic could almost be posted anywhere, but I thought this was a good spot for it since without your dogtags, you could be considered " out of uniform ". If you have dogtags that are interesting or you just want to " show them off " put em here! We would love to see them. Here is my first contribution : This dogtag belonged to Col. Henry Mucci of the 6th Army Rangers . His unit liberated the Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines during WWII. Their actions were imortalized in the book " GHOST SOLDIERS " and in the movie " THE GREAT RAID " . This tag came from Mucci's estate sale in Florida after he died not long ago. The leather thong is original to the tag . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted February 4, 2007 Share #12 Posted February 4, 2007 Dogtag to Major ( Later Lt General ) Reginald H. Ridgely of the 4th Marines . He was captured on Corregidor and spent 3 1/2 years in a POW camp. This tag was obtained from the estate of a Chaplain who was in the same camp. I dont know how he ended up with the tag. I corresponded with Ridgely's grandson and the family still has the other matching tag!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim2 Posted February 4, 2007 Share #13 Posted February 4, 2007 Awesome dog tag! I have a dress uniform from one of the soldiers that was rescued in that raid. It was also purchased in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted February 4, 2007 Share #14 Posted February 4, 2007 WWII US Army dogtag and German Stalag XIIA dogtag to PFC William Valiant who served with the 377th Infantry , 95th Division . He was captured 11/14/44 and spent the rest of the war as a POW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted February 4, 2007 Share #15 Posted February 4, 2007 Hi kastauffer, thanks for starting this dogtag loop, here is a pair from my collection. They belonged to Jack L. Schall, #475766, USMCR, 12/42, whats really neat about them is the etched thumbprint on the reverse of both tags. The brass coin is a five cent token from the post exchange at Corregidor, obviously this is pre take-over by the Japanese. Sorry to say I know nothing of the history of Mr Schall or the tags. Cheers ( Lewis ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted February 4, 2007 Share #16 Posted February 4, 2007 I do not have these in my collection. The grouping was broken up and I have the vets diary. If any of you guys have these and want to work out a trade or sell them outright, let me know! The veterans name is Willis Dietrich and he was a chauffer with the 98TH AERO SQUADRON. It is interesting that there are two different squadrons shown and he winds up in a third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Magut Posted February 4, 2007 Share #17 Posted February 4, 2007 Here's one of my favorites: dogtags and ID bracelet to Sgt. Henry A. Balensifer, of Co C. 101st Field Signal Battalion, 26th Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMI88 Posted February 4, 2007 Share #18 Posted February 4, 2007 Technically not a dog tag, but an interesting item nonetheless. The engraving reads: Samuel F. Jones Captain MC USR AEF I've made an initial attempt at research, but no luck so far. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIl Sanow Posted February 6, 2007 Share #19 Posted February 6, 2007 Technically not a dog tag, but an interesting item nonetheless. The engraving reads: Samuel F. Jones Captain MC USR AEF I've made an initial attempt at research, but no luck so far. Bill I strongly recommend you fellows obtain a copy of Paul Braddock's book on the subject. I think they are in the $20-25 range, plus postage. He'll gladly autograph it to you. Contact him at [email protected]. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1975 Posted February 7, 2007 Share #20 Posted February 7, 2007 Here is my Great Uncles dog tags from WWII. We called him Uncle Andy for some reason and Andy is not even in his name anywheres. I have these in a rotating plexyglas case with his field knife, EIB, Infantry collar disc, and compass. I have his patch somewhere also but have to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solcarlus Posted February 8, 2007 Share #21 Posted February 8, 2007 hello/bonjour. my ID Tag collection WWI. 'to find' in sailliant st Mihiel sector (south). @+ solcarlus all the 105 th TMB - 30 th DI (USNG) all units DI. (US-USNG-USNA-USMC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted February 8, 2007 Share #22 Posted February 8, 2007 WOW!! That is an impressive grouping of WW1 identity items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfields Posted February 10, 2007 Share #23 Posted February 10, 2007 Here's a set of WW2 Marine tags on what I think is the remnants of the original wire plastic type cord. I picked the tags up at a local gunshow here in Ohio and don't know anything about the soldier. Here is a tag from a young sailor named Clarence Hurst. He entered the service in June 1918 and only lived another 7 months. Sadly he died of pneumonia at Great Lakes in Jan 29, 1919. Here is a set of tags to a WW1 nurse who served with the AEF in France. I have her 400 picture photo album which documents her service fairly well. And a set of tags to a Company K, 332nd Infantry Regiment soldier who served in Italy during WWI. It came with the red-white-blue cord. I have a second set of tags to another 332nd soldier that also has the same type cord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASTAUFFER Posted February 11, 2007 Share #24 Posted February 11, 2007 hello/bonjour.my ID Tag collection WWI. 'to find' in sailliant st Mihiel sector (south). @+ solcarlus all the 105 th TMB - 30 th DI (USNG) WOW!!!! Were all the tags found together?? I wonder if they were discarded as a group , when regulations in the AEF dictated that the soldiers unit was not supposed to be on their dogtags. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solcarlus Posted February 11, 2007 Share #25 Posted February 11, 2007 hello Kurt indeed, all the ID Tag of 105 HT TMB were found at the same place, with out front line but unfortunately, no collar disc . salutations solcarlus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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