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If you have a soldiers serial number how can you find out which battalion he was in during ww2?
The serial number was recorded on their dog tag or ID plate. This link below gives the information that was printed on the dog tag and the meaning of the serial number.
http://home.att.net/%7Esteinert/us_army_ww2_dog_tags.htm
There are other ways to track down the soldier. Someone showed me a dogtag that was found in a barn in Italy. I asked a genealogy expert to research his family and find his enlistment records(which are available on-line). Going through the family history for the place and date of his enslistment, it was easy to track down this unusual surname. A surviving family member was found and the dogtag returned to his daughter.
Read about this and see a photo of the dogtag at this link:
http://www.custermen.com/Reference/MailBag.htm
I agree that it's, at least, difficult to find the unit. However, if you're a family member and have the soldier's serial number, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs will be most cooperative (tho' slow) to provide all that they have of the soldier's "service record" during the war. A large part of the Army record collection was destroyed by fire at the archives, however, so best of luck in your search.
German WW2The German soldier wore a dogtag that did identify the soldier's unit and an ID number.
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