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Returning a dog tag.

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wayne_etc

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Hey folks.

A buddy and I hit an old church where he had found a few good pre-1900 coins and relics. No real oldies today, but I did pull a military dog tag from about 3 inches. I thought it would be cool to return the tag to the owner or family, but a quick search online revealed that legally I need to send the tag to Uncle Sam (ironic on tax day).

It ain't happening.

I made two phone calls based on phone book searches. Didn't have an exact name match but got close. The lady that answered the first call told me the man didn't live there anymore. The second guy told me he knew of another man with the same name but didn't know if the middle initial was the same. Found out the man I was talking to was in the service and he had to give his tag back when he was discharged. He was very thankful that I was going through the trouble of trying to find the owner. The gubmint can kiss rosey. I'm finding the owner.

Have you guys had luck returning dog tags? If you were the owner or family would you want the tag returned? Any tips?

Thanks in advance.

w
 
Hi Wayne,

I have found and returned a WWII dog tag and I was tickled to death to find the owner's son. Here's the story and a few good reads on the find. Hope you can find the owner and if you need some help, give me a shout. Great find there.

Dog tag returned Click on the photo with the dog tag and you can read what the owner's son wrote to me.

Story of found dog tag, etc.

Enjoy and HH,

Nancy
 
Thanks Nancy. I haven't had any luck so far after a few phone calls. Gonna keep trying though.


w
 
Good for you Wayne. Keep trying. It's well worth it in the end. HH, Nancy
 
This one has the person's last name and then an initial for the first name. It then has B Pos for blood type, followed by what appears to be his SSN, then it says USMC M Roman Catholic. Looks like a dog tag but the info is nothing like mine or the one pictured in this thread. HH
 
John the one I found is the same.
Has Last name at the top, below that is first name and middle initial.
Below that is social security number, below that is blood type, and last line is religion. Apparently the use of a social security number is fairly recent.

Called VA office and American Legion national library but no luck.

w
 
I can't tell if they are real or not. I know that the fakes were very popular in the 80's and factories made up names and numbers. That's why Larry thought the one that I found was a fake. Sure glad he was wrong. If it's real, it should be able to be traced. Good luck and HH, Nancy
 
the right thing to do! i am trying to find the survivors of a World War ONE dog tag found in Macon, Ga. We had a boot camp, Camp Wheeler, in the next county, and that side of Macon was close with the Railroad Terminal station, We were a major hub. the camp was used in both world wars, my dad went thru it, and it was dismantled and the land returned. My tag is a hand stamped round one with a military ID number on it, and the name Gottfried Thulin. I know he was born in the 1800's, a resident of Cook county, Illinois. He was from or a Swedish immigrant. i believe he died in 1965. dont know his kin and research material is limited. i would like to return it to a grandchild, as my oldest cousin has my grandfathers. if you saw the Lost Battalion starring Ricky Schroeder, this was the same tag make. any help welcome! dixiedigger572hotmail.com found with an amigo II
 
Back then they were service numbers... SSNs came along later i believe in the late 60s. As an IG i used to be able to run people down thru any of the branches retirement service centers who would pass me to the Major military service centers. These records were hard copy transferred to micro fisch. There was a major fire at St. Louis back in the 60 that did burn a good many of these records. There records as long as you have the SVC or SSN was public record and often had a Home of Record address.

Dew
 
I would think with a name like that, it would be fairly easy to locate a relative. I'll give it a try later on. HH,Nancy
 
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