✅ SOLVED Sorry, I think its clear "What" it is, but ... I'M STILL SHAKING !! Thanks for the incredible information,

[TORRERO]

SOLVED

https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/101432/



I need the Treasurenet slouthes to tell me if this is military ? or something else..
and can anyone track down any information about this like what does all this stuff mean ?
My Dog Tags from the Navy did not have my fathers name and address on them..

The letters on the RIGHT are O and P ?

and the tag says

HOWARD GRIFFIN
"T-1148 T-43
MR. J.D. GRIFFIN
BOX 632
SEMINOLE OKLS

Help !!

 

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[BoulderTroll]

Not an expert here, but from reading a little online....

Name: HOWARD GRIFFIN
Assigned unit: T-1148 T-43
Next of kin? MR. J.D. GRIFFIN
Next of kin address: BOX 632
SEMINOLE OKLS

P = Protestant (religion)
O = blood type.

I'd guess military
Sources:

https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Frequently-Requested-Topics/Dog-Tags/

Military Dog Tags: A Brief History and Overview

The military, like American culture, has plenty of myths and legends. Americans, especially American soldiers, can spin a yarn like nobody else. It makes the military culture, and the people in it, more colorful and robust. So, it should come as no surprise that dog tags have a bit of mystery...

www.usamm.com

 

[Red-Coat]

Do not US military dog-tags carry blood group and religious persuasion as well as an identification number (but not home/postal address)?

 

[HistoryTeacher]

Where did you find this?
Service number matches:
https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/101432/

 

[HistoryTeacher]

Next of kin matches too. Died June 6 in Normandy as a glider pilot!

 

[Retired Sarge]

T-43 is for Typhoid immunization in 1943. No idea on the T-1148 right now.

Later in the war they did away with the NOK Next Of Kin information on dog tags. You could post this on the US Militaria Forum to learn more on it.

 

[ArfieBoy]

Do not US military dog-tags carry blood group and religious persuasion as well as an identification number (but not home/postal address)?

You are correct Red-Coat. No home or address.

 

[Retired Sarge]

You are correct Red-Coat. No home or address.

Early dog tags had the NOK information on them.

 

[HistoryTeacher]

Here is the original owner.

 

[The Rebel]

That's a great but sobering find. Those glider pilots suffered some really bad landings/crashes.

Do you plan to see if you can return it to a family member, assuming they can be found?

 

[russau]

SALUTE to ALL that served and those that paid the ultimate price for our freedom!

 

[LauraLou56]

Phew this one has me tearing up- what a find...

 

[LauraLou56]

SALUTE to ALL that served and those that paid the ultimate price for our freedom!

Agreed russau

 

[TORRERO]

Not an expert here, but from reading a little online....

Name: HOWARD GRIFFIN
Assigned unit: T-1148 T-43
Next of kin? MR. J.D. GRIFFIN
Next of kin address: BOX 632
SEMINOLE OKLS

P = Protestant (religion)
O = blood type.

I'd guess military
Sources:

https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Frequently-Requested-Topics/Dog-Tags/

Military Dog Tags: A Brief History and Overview

The military, like American culture, has plenty of myths and legends. Americans, especially American soldiers, can spin a yarn like nobody else. It makes the military culture, and the people in it, more colorful and robust. So, it should come as no surprise that dog tags have a bit of mystery...

www.usamm.com

I was in the Navy 8 years, still have my dog tags and the only things on them were MY name, MY SS # MY blood type and MY religious preference..

 

[TORRERO]

Where did you find this?
Service number matches:
https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/101432/

In the front yard of a home in Chester SC

 

[TORRERO]

Where did you find this?
Service number matches:
https://www.honorstates.org/profiles/101432/

That's INSANE !!
So incredible !!
I'll mark this as solved !!

 

[TORRERO]

Do not US military dog-tags carry blood group and religious persuasion as well as an identification number (but not home/postal address)?

So I know that NOW its your SS #, but back in the day it was a SERVICE # which was different than your SS # apparently the T-1148 is his SERVICE # T-43 I don't know, but might be the year he enlisted.. he was KIA in 1944.

 

[TORRERO]

Just so everyone knows, I submitted a picture of this to that historic website and requested information to some NOK to return this to if they know of anybody...
Chester S.C. is a long way from Oklahoma .... He died in France in Normandy, so this must have been returned to his father maybe ?
Maybe he lived in Chester after the war and somehow lost it in the yard after that... clearly it was not buried with him..

 

[BoulderTroll]

I was in the Navy 8 years, still have my dog tags and the only things on them were MY name, MY SS # MY blood type and MY religious preference..

Thanks for your service. What rate were you? I was MMN for 12 years.
My dog tags also didn’t look like this. One of the links I posted shows a brief timeline of the changes dog tags have seen over the years.

 

[HistoryTeacher]

Just so everyone knows, I submitted a picture of this to that historic website and requested information to some NOK to return this to if they know of anybody...
Chester S.C. is a long way from Oklahoma .... He died in France in Normandy, so this must have been returned to his father maybe ?
Maybe he lived in Chester after the war and somehow lost it in the yard after that... clearly it was not buried with him..

Wow. I am so glad you were able to find it and save it. Hopefully you will be able to find out more about him and his family and maybe a clue as to how it ended up in South Carolina. Thanks for sharing it with us.