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Dog Tags

Do you still have your Dog Tags, when did you receive them, and where are they now???

Still have one my dog tags left, it is on my key chain and have never lost a set, because of the sound that they make when they hit the ground (except in the sand, which is where I lost the first one). 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment since 1972.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Blaszkiewicz on December 3, 2013 at 3:12pm

I still have one of my dog tags ,in the plastic (rubber )sleeve,right by my computer in a mug.The other one might be in the basement.Must be from reception center, Fort Dix March of 1969.

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Permalink Reply by howard maxwell tritt on December 3, 2013 at 3:45pm

Still got'em. They're stuck inside my shadow box hanging off of a rowel.

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Permalink Reply by Frank L Moseley on December 3, 2013 at 4:16pm

I still have mine, Ran across them in a box of stuff, in one of the closets a month or so ago.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Minard on December 3, 2013 at 5:37pm

I no longer have my dog tags, last time I had them was before we took an EFP hit to the Stryker, also had my wedding band on them at the time. I have asked around but no luck on locating them. I have pretty much written them off as a loss at this point.

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Permalink Reply by Shannon Ryan on December 3, 2013 at 6:55pm

I still have mine, the one is still in the rubber to keep them from making noise, short chain and the long chain, original issue, and I still have my P38 can opener on them also, they are hanging up on my bookshelf. I was issued them in Feb. of 1978 at Fort Knox, C-4-1 cycle. Does anyone know if they still put your social security number on them?

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Permalink Reply by Fred W Campbell on December 4, 2013 at 1:15am

Still have mine, hanging in the closet on my tie rack (like I ever wear a tie...LOL...OK, perhaps with my kilt)...P38 is long gone, as is the rubber sleeve. But I still managed to hang on to the tags.

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Permalink Reply by Frank L Moseley on December 4, 2013 at 1:48am

After posting here, this morning, I went and dug them out. Got both with chains and clear [age yellowed] covers.

Since these have my "RA" Number on them, I suppose that they are the originals, issued to me at Ft Jackson, SC in Oct 65, B-4-1. If they ever issued me a set with the SSN# on them, then I have no idea where that set is.

Have several P-38's around the house and on at least one key ring.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Gettman on December 4, 2013 at 7:47am

Mine are long gone but I had another set made and carry one in my wallet for ID if I am ever burned.

Still carry a P38 on my key chain.

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Permalink Reply by Edward (Gene) Beck on December 4, 2013 at 4:56pm

I still have my P38 from the first C-Rat in basic. I carried it on my key chain until the hole was so worn I worried it would wear through. It is now in a safe place. I wish I had the dog tags.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis K. Hansen on December 5, 2013 at 12:57am

can't place where mine could be have been gonefor quite some time??? they would be great to have now to put in a shadow box for ........ might have to look up the great "Oz" maybe he knows where I have them!!!!! I seem to recall that my SSN# was on mine,which would be 71-73 era...