The vet was Walter Futterman.  the dog tag reads "WALTER FUTTERMAN 32246667 T43  43 A    H".

According to this post: It was made around March of 1943

It's a nice KW pack now all you need is find the lower and straps. I cobbled together a 1945 dated M45 rig. The war ended before they were issued. I also cobbled together a 1944 dated M44 pack that had not been modified. Happy hunting!

Oh how I miss the Gordons. It was nice getting to meet you and get what I think I remember was the second copy of your book on US soil. I grew up across town from them and dealt with them many times before they moved to Bainbridge. I'll never forget seeing their new property clearly in a flood plain. "I checked and there hasn't been a flood here in decades," Tom said. Least than a year later, that spot was under almost ten feet of water. I loved doing the drawings for their catalogs in exchange for trade credit. It was fun to draw essentially what I wanted so long as it didn't suggest violence (Sharon shot down a few of my 'action' drawings). One of these days I will compile a book of those drawings and the WW2 reenactor cartoons I did around the same time. But it was amazing, walking down the aisles and picking whatever I was looking for. I tell new people in the collecting hobby about those days.  I do miss that, so much...

I appreciate the information.   Thanks! 

THANK YOU for your comments!

Just don't  argue with them. They always  win anyways. I think they know  what your thinking. It's  a loosing  proposition. 

So I'm in the process of building a shadow box for my Grandfathers WW2 service. He was in the 716th Railway Operating Battlion and served throughout France. So after a long search, I finally was able to get the DUI for his Battlion.

Michigan Marines from WWII, 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Divisions.    1st Div is a Guadalcanal vet, 2nd is a Tarawa vet, 4th is Saipan, and 5th is an Iwo Vet.  I will continue to add more as we update the display and info.   Scott

Kurt,   It does indeed sat "BARTH". I'll gently lift the pin and take more detailed pics tomorrow.