5th dog tag found on base

[comisoas]

Here is the 5th dog tag I have found on Seymour Johnson AFB. I found one other in the same area several years ago, so that makes 6 total. I was able to return it to the veteran's daughter. Hopefully I will be able to return all of these also.

 

[Sataro]

Congrats on the nice find! I imagine she was surprised & happy to see the do tag returned to her!

 

[comisoas]

This particular dog tag has not found a relative yet, but the one I returned was a WW-II dog tag. Thanks, it is a really great feeling on both sides!

 

[pplinker]

Good job! Are they doing the tags differently? They used to have more information.....religion, blood type, and social.

 

[pplinker]

Still wondering why this dogtag doesn't have much information. I read they were going to quit putting social security numbers but they are still going to assign some kind of number. Maybe if there is just a name, it was a reject and they had to discard it and start over. Not being in anyway critical, just curious and hoping someone knows.

 

[comisoas]

I agree. Dog tags normally have more info. Years ago in the same area I found a tag just like this that was totally blank. There have been others found with just a name, and still others with full info on them. I don't know why.

 

[pplinker]

Thank you. Would be interesting to know why. Maybe some military person got a tag made for their child over the internet so they'd have a tag like dad or mom. There is places that do them. Otherwise if it is a military person whose tag you found, it will be hard to trace them with only the name. Happy hunting, keep up the good work.

 

[comisoas]

I have one from WW-II with only a name and Angelo's Angels online tracked down a nephew. They live in OR and I am going to return it to them. There is hope.