Research a service number
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Research a service number
I'm trying to get to know about this soldier who wrote his name and info on the wall.
T/186495 must be an American service number, T standing for Flight Officer? Or could it be Canadian or British too? It was found in a place on the coast near Boulogne-sur-Mer France. Don't expect Americans there.
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T/186495 must be an American service number, T standing for Flight Officer? Or could it be Canadian or British too? It was found in a place on the coast near Boulogne-sur-Mer France. Don't expect Americans there.
Anyone know what Cat Axi Rel Pres means?
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L/Cpl stands for Lance Corporal, one step above a plain corporal. So probably not an officer. "44" is old to be such a junior rank, which makes me think he was a retread from WWI.
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Its NOT a US serial number and the US Military did not use the rank of Lance Corporal in WW2.AvB wrote:I'm trying to get to know about this soldier who wrote his name and info on the wall.
T/186495 must be an American service number, T standing for Flight Officer? Or could it be Canadian or British too? It was found in a place on the coast near Boulogne-sur-Mer France. Don't expect Americans there.
Anyone know what Cat Axi Rel Pres means?
US Serial Numbers in WW2
Examples
1335901 Regular Army starts with a 1
20252211 National Guard starts with a 2
3883456 Draftee (AUS) starts with a 3
O-19934 Officers
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The age suggests he was Home Guard?
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Thanks to you. It's an odd combination indeed. As an old guy he could be working on an HQ?
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Or any rear area unit, supply, motor pool, messing, etc. I know my 22 yo self would have laughed at my 44 yo self asking to go into combat. No doubt that some did an did well, but they would be the exception. Dying for your country is a young man's game.AvB wrote:Thanks to you. It's an odd combination indeed. As an old guy he could be working on an HQ?
(Patton quote goes here.)
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In 2004 My Rifle Company took a 59 year old Combat Engineer from Buffalo to Iraq. He was a 12B20 whose Duty MOS was 11B20 InfantrymanOpanaPointer wrote:Or any rear area unit, supply, motor pool, messing, etc. I know my 22 yo self would have laughed at my 44 yo self asking to go into combat. No doubt that some did an did well, but they would be the exception. Dying for your country is a young man's game.AvB wrote:Thanks to you. It's an odd combination indeed. As an old guy he could be working on an HQ?
(Patton quote goes here.)
"There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here".
Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach
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Full props to the hard guy then. But we know that's an exception, right?LineDoggie wrote:In 2004 My Rifle Company took a 59 year old Combat Engineer from Buffalo to Iraq. He was a 12B20 whose Duty MOS was 11B20 InfantrymanOpanaPointer wrote:Or any rear area unit, supply, motor pool, messing, etc. I know my 22 yo self would have laughed at my 44 yo self asking to go into combat. No doubt that some did an did well, but they would be the exception. Dying for your country is a young man's game.AvB wrote:Thanks to you. It's an odd combination indeed. As an old guy he could be working on an HQ?
(Patton quote goes here.)