[Milsurplus] Oddball question

[Bob Wilder]

The Air Force did the same thing with enlisted AF219xxxxx and I thing there was another for reserve and ANG that added a suffix like FA or FR.  Of course that all changed
when it went SSAN as the serial number.  By the way the AF219 indicated ANG in the old First Air Force Area out of Mitchell Field.



At 04:20 PM 8/25/2004 -0400, Clarence M. Owens wrote:


>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
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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.
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>Draftees were given service numbers beginning
>with US XXXXXXXX and folks in the National Guard had
>NG XXXXXXXX.
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>I just don't know about the other services.
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>73
>Sheldon
>WA4MZZ
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>Jack Antonio wrote:
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>> I have sort of an oddball question, but not
>> really.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> Jack Antonio
>> scr287 at sbcglobal.net
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