🏆 HONORABLE MENTION dog tag ww2

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Found a dog tag in the neighbors yard tonight. This is the info on it.

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Letterman, Jasper A
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According to the National Archives it belonged to Jasper Avery Letterman, Born 1915, enlisted May 17, 1944. He was an Army private and his residence in 1944 was Benton County, MO.

Per Ancestry.com, he died in 1991 (Springfield MO) but he has living relatives. If you want to return the tag to them let me know and I can try to get a point of contact for you. Or, if you have access to Ancestry.com, you can do the same.

Paul
 

Thank you very much Paul for the info! Yes that would be awesome to return it to his family. I have no access the the website, if you would do that I'd appriciate it a lot.
 

Great. I will contact one of his relatives and try to have them contact you directly.

Paul
 

That is really cool to do that for their family. Congrats on a great find. HH WH
 

Great find 250 and good on you Paul for helping...
 

That is awesome for you to return it. I lost my dog tags in a house fire and wish I still had them.
 

Awesome find and story. If you get it back to the family...amazing way to reconnect the past with the present.
 

Here's an obit on his son which mentions his mother, Jasper's wife, her name and city of residence at the time of this obit. She may be the heir to that dog tag. Great find and good luck in your continued search.

Ronald Letterman,Sr.

Ronald Eugene Letterman Sr., passed away July 11, 2003 at 3 a.m. at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, Mo.

Ron was born June 13, 1946 at Ava, Mo. He was preceded in death by his father, Jasper Avery Letterman; and one son, Van Kenneth Letterman Henson.

He is survived by his mother, Ada Nalley-Benson, Springfield, Mo.; one brother, LeRoy Letterman, Gray, Ga.; two sisters, Mary Letterman-Hamrich, Griffin, Ga., Janice Letterman-Smith, Springfield, Mo.; two children, Ronald Eugene Letterman Jr., Joplin, Ronna L. Letterman, Joplin; dearest friend, Claudia Maxwell and Dolly and Chris Ramm and family.
Don.....
 

Thanks don I will get to work today.
 

Dog tag on its way to Joplin MO. Ended up getting it to Jaspers granddaughter. Thanks to Paul and Don for your help.
 

Ha well I know his son was born here in 46 they may have lived there.
 

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Good find and great outcome!

+1 for team work!
 

F*** the gold etc...

Threads like this make it all worthwhile!!!

well done all involved!!!!!
 

Good job! Many others would have given up after the "Georgia" experience.:icon_thumleft:

Paul
 

For sure an Honorable Mention vote here.
BTW, Letterman was drafted (first number "3" of his service tag) and initially assigned to Jefferson Barracks, in Lenroy, Missouri.
He was born in 1915.
Don.......
 

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