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First find out if he was a soldier (US Army), marine (US Marine Corps), sailor (US Navy), Coast Guardsman (US Coast Guard), or airman (US Air Force). Then get his serial number and contact the VA. Note* The Vietnam War the "LAST WAR" in which serial numbers were issued to US Servicemen. GI's entering US military service, may not have a serial number for the 1970's. Most GI's from 1969 onward will have both a serial number & SSN.
no, they were issued two metal tags worn around the neck with a chain. the tages contained name, serial number and religious denomination. upon being killed one of the tages was removed for casualty reports
This was done to fool the Axis powers into thinking that our production capability was much larger than reality. For instance...They capture 10 WLA's with serial numbers ranging from 42WLA10890 to 42WLA60900 they would assume that the enemy could produce at least 50,000 Bikes in a single year!
Name, rank, serial number
It meant the force they were with
Over 1 million surviving Jews had serial numbers tattooed to their forearms
Serial numbers are listed in several publications try, Proofhouse publishing's Colt Serial Numbers for starters. Note the Colt factory burnt down during the Civil War so the majority of records prior to 1864 have been lost so the serial numbers listed prior to this are just estimates based on production figures.
All US Military M1 Carbines were built during WW 2. The only ones built after the war were civilian copies.My research indicates that your serial number was assigned to the Inland division of general motors for the time span of Jan.1944-Aug.1944.The serial number range was 4,875,526-5,589,820.All serial numbers were assigned to blocks of serial numbers by the War department,and then issued to all manufactures of the M-1 Carbine.There were 9 different manufactures of the M-1 carbine during World War II.
BROWING AUTO-5 16GAUGE SERIAL NUMBER X17414 MADE IN 1948 (X NUMBERS AFTER WORLD WAR II)
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Yes, it may be possible to do that. The National Archives has a searchable database. You may plug in the serial number and go from there. A link is provided.
Your winchester model 1894 was made during the World War II years.Winchester did not keep track of the serial numbers during this time.this time span consists of the years 1943-1948.
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Your Winchester model 1894 rifle was produced sometime between 1943-1948.Winchester did not keep records of the serial numbers during the World War II years,which is were your serial number falls into.They resumed keeping records at serial number 1,500,000 which was started on January 1,1949.
because of world war II. Winchester was geared up for the war effort and producing rifles ammo etc.they did make some rifles for the consumer market but kept no direct records due to the amount of production for the war.
Made 1943 to 1947, records are unavailable for these years on the model 94, your serial is in this range.Actually your Winchester model 1894 rifle was made before Winchester discontinued their records during World War II.Your rifle was made in the year 1941.serial number 1,238,585 was the start of the serial numbers in 1941 and ended at 1,287,468.
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