[Milsurplus] Oddball question

[Clarence M. Owens]

When I joined the Army Reserve in 1965 I was given ER 114xxxxx and I
believe that completes the set, RA for enilstees, US for draftees, NG for
ANG and ER for USAR.  I have no knowledge of any serialzation or date
significance of the numbers themselves.

Clare Owens  N2RJB


                                                                                                                                             
                      Sheldon Daitch                                                                                                         
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When I entered active duty in November 1968, I
was given RA 1279XXXX as my service number, but
at the time, the Army was starting the use of
SSAN, so eventually, the RA number disappeared.

Draftees were given service numbers beginning
with US XXXXXXXX and folks in the National Guard had
NG XXXXXXXX.

I just don't know about the other services.

73
Sheldon
WA4MZZ

Jack Antonio wrote:
>
> I have sort of an oddball question, but not
> really.
>
> Just received an instruction manual in the
> mail, with a persons name and what looks
> like a military personal serial number written
> on the cover.
>
> So the question is, is RA followed by eight
> digits a valid military serial number? And
> does RA signify Regular Army, as opposed
> to a draftee? I seem to remember this from
> my brother's  Vietnam days.
>
> Would a WWII GI have had an RA serial number?
>
> Wondering if their is a clue to the dates of usage
> of the equipment based on the possible personal
> serial number on the cover.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jack
>
> Jack Antonio
> scr287 at sbcglobal.net
>