What is a lapel button for 44 days lost Under AW 107 ASR Score 45 and under what circumstances was this issued?

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This is one Question dealing with two different entries. The ASR Score(2 Sept. 45), was used to give some kind of score to make a list to see who was going to be sent home first. Time spent in the war zone,number of dependents, medals and stuff like that was scored as of 2 Sept 1945. In this case this person had a score of 45. My dad had no time lost and had a score of 89. I don't know how high a score a person had to have to be sent home first.

AnswerI can't believe how many web pages contain "Articles of War". I quickly found the original British version from 1749 and US version of 1806, but Article 107 was a much later addition.

"ART. 107. SOLDIERS TO MAKE GOOD TIME LOST. Every soldier who deserts the service of the United States, or who without proper authority absents himself from his organization, station, or duty for more than one day, or who is confined for more than one day under sentence, or while awaiting trial and disposition of his case, if the trial results in conviction, or who through the intemperate use of drugs or alcoholic liquor, or through disease the result of his own misconduct, renders himself unable for more than one day to perform duty shall be liable to serve, after his return to a full duty status, for such period as shall, with the time he may have served prior to such desertion, unauthorized absence, confinement, or inability to perform duty, amount to the full term to his enlistment."

So, if your grandpa wasn't court-martialed (which would certainly be noted in his discharge papers), he probably partied a bit too much and over-stayed his leave or came back too drunk for duty.

All Hat No Horse

AnswerSounds like you are reading entries from his discharge papers. I thought "Lapel button" refers to the Discharge Pin, but I thought they put it on the paers as "lapel pin"----no button. If this is the same, then this was a note that a Discharge Pin was given to him so that he would wear it to signify that he was discharged. This pin and the uniform patch is commonly referred to as "the ruptured duck".