This is something I can't wrap my head around....a Beatle being 85. He does great though..!

I already went through the process of getting the ID.me app because you need That to verify yourself. In that application it asks for your social security.  

I agree, that does sound plausible. About a year in country seems doable and I would imagine fairly common. I’ll work on trying to find his next of kin. Contacting him/her would be very difficult I would imagine as well.

" Lauren also then said that she wasn't concerned about me as although I am older than her mother,  I still act fourteen . . . . . . . . .  "   I would love to be able to act fourteen but my 68 yr old body has a nasty habit of reminding me that it hasn't forgiven me for all the stuff I put it through over the years. 

Im going with each arrowhead represents a week in country...... 49 weeks and 3 weeks out processing and moving back to conus. For a one year tour..... Seems like some of those arrowheads.. if not all have a line drawn through them..... ? Denoting a week finished ??? It seems plausible but I dont know for a fact. I dont know how it worked exactly. ?

I think that it’s from an artillery ordnance unit.   Red & yellow is ordnance.

Good morning and welcome to the forum!!!! Happy Trails!   Dave

What could it possibly be other than the 13th Artillery something or is it artillery ordnance?   Red and yellow is ordnance.    

Hello, I’ve just started collecting military rifles thanks to my first ever purchase, an M1903 Springfield on a cut down stock. I’m eager to collect more, and make friends along the way!

Yes great site, as everything, this is an ongoing project