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They secure the proper interment of those who fall in battle and establish beyond a doubt their identity. Identification tags are issued today as they were in 1916. Line 2: First and Middle Initials, Blood Type The current layout for a Marine Corps identification tag is: Later, the Marine’s gas mask size was also added to the information included on the tag.

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(d) At one end of the tag the letters “USMC” or “USMCR”, as may be appropriate.ĭuring the early 1960s two revisions were made to the standardized 1940 identification tags: the tetanus shot date was eliminated and serial numbers were replaced by Social Security Numbers. (c) Type of blood and if the man has received tetanus toxiod, the letter “T” with the date (T-8/40) to so indicate. If no religion is indicated this space will be left blank. Approximately three spaces to the right of rank or service number, indicate religion by “P” “C”, or “H” for Protestant, Catholic, or Hebrew. (a) Name (b) Officer’s rank or man’s service number.

#DOG TAGS MILITARY MANUAL#

The 1940 Marine Corps Manual stated in Section 1, Article 58 that identification tags will be used “in time of war or national emergency and at other times when directed by competent authority.” During this period, the below information was stamped onto oval shaped Monel metal identification tags: The Marine Corps Manual of 1921 stated in Article 25 that “The Secretary of the Navy has authorized the use of the Marine Corps identification tag until the exhaustion of the present supply, after which the tag prescribed in the Navy Regulations will be used.” …The square tags authorized by Section VI, General Order Number 21, A.A.E.F., 1917, will be issued until the present supply is exhausted. These tags will be worn suspended from the neck underneath the clothing by a cord or thong passed through (a) small hole in the tag, the second tag to be suspended from the first by a short piece of string or tape. The aluminum identification tags, each the size of a silver half dollar and of suitable thickness, will be worn by each officer and soldier of the American Expeditionary Force and by all civilians attached thereto. There was some clarification in General Order Number 91 (paragraph II) of 10 June 1918, which read as follows:

General Order Number 10 of the 6th Regiment of Marines dated 15 February 1918 specifically stated, “The numbers assigned to all men present will be stamped on identification tags.” This was the same time when Army serial numbers were assigned to the Marines in France. (2) Both tags will be stamped with the name, rank, company and regiment or corps to which the wearer belongs and the second tag will be worn suspended by a cord one inch long from the bottom of the first tag. (Quartermaster, Marine Corps), will be habitually worn by all officers and enlisted men, and also by all civilians attached to the American Expeditionary Force. (1) Two aluminum identification tags, to be furnished by the Q.M.C.

This order was amended on 15 February 1918 by General Order Number 30 (paragraph IV, 7n) which provided that: General Order Number 21, Section VI, Headquarters, American Expeditionary Force in France (13 August 1917) authorized square tags. These tags were regarded as part of the field kit and were to be suspended from the neck under the clothing.

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“Officers – full name and rank at date of issue enlisted men – full name and date of first enlistment in the Marine Corps. The order further provided that the tags would be stamped as follows:

They will always be worn when engaged in field service, and at all other times they will either be worn, or kept in the possession of the owner. Hereafter identification tags will be issued to all officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps. Identification tags were probably first authorized in Marine Corps Order Number 32 of 6 October 1916. They serve to identify Marines who fall in battle and secure a suitable burial for them. Identification tags, more commonly known as dog tags, have been used by the Marine Corps since 1916. DOG TAGS MARINE CORPS IDENTIFICATION TAGS

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