I know been trying to research this all I can find is khaki for marines white for navy but can't seem to find any evidence on OD for army belts it looks more concealed where's the evidence when the black came into service as the OD was used in ww2 and Korea why black and is there any evidence to support there was 0 OD belts in vietnam what so ever all I find is bloomin buckles and the other research was all my own painful doing so would've been nice if someone on this thread so long ago answered the harder question as belt buckles are normally the easy part to find info on

I think Bob Chatt is your go to person here.  He's a moderator here on USMF.   Steve 

It looks like he was assigned to the 611th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company:

I believe it is the first 4 of his service number:   But, I think he didn't pass away until 1963.

For cremini sakes, I hope you folks don’t give me shiitake for one last post about mushrooms.  I used one of Anna’s photos to make this little diorama to adorn my garage bench.  Notice the crow. I befriended the crows at my office by sharing peanuts with them for several years now. My friend writes as yet unpublished sci-fi and children’s stories. I’ve been acting as an unofficial editor for him for years. He challenged me to write a story for children too. I have absolutely no writing background but it sounded like a good thing to try. So I’ve been spending odd time over the past year writing short stories about my crow adventures. No sense writing if nobody reads it, so give me a yell if you want to take a look at it. No worries if you pass on it. I’m not trying to button anyone down. The morel of the story is that you never know if  something small will mushroom into something big.  Mikie

The book's title is "American Badges and Insignia" by Evans E. Kerrigan, published in 1967. 

Hi everyone Last year i found a Grave Registration Service dog tag that appears to have been stamped incorrectly. It reads "DOANE MAUR"; I searched for this on various websites but found no match. Yesterday I found another GRS tag. While rinsing it off at home, I saw it read "MAURICE WDOANE." I suddenly realized the name "Doane" sounded familiar. It turns out I had found these two tags just four meters apart I checked the coordinates,but this latest tag also seems to contain an error. I’ve already searched for "MAURICE DOANE" and "MAURICE W DOANE," but as far as I can tell, no one by that name was killed in action. Does anyone know what the number 3202 signifies? It seems unlikely to be a laundry number. I hope someone can and will help me out.   Regards

Have you requested T/4 Cheever's Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) from NARA? If not, that file may contain information on the final disposition of his remains. You can request this file at the email below; but be advised that there may be a cost associated and the time for fulfillment of requests may be long.   Request an IDPF at email: stl.archives@nara.gov   You should include as much information as possible, including his full name, service, service number, unit, rank, date of death, etc.   Dan

Best of luck with the purchases.