[Milsurplus] Oddball question

[Bob Wilder]

Thank Mac: Knew that the FV and FR were there but being enlisted forgot about how they were used.  Learn something new each day.  For me that is about 27010 days I have learned something new.

Bob, AF2HD




At 08:40 PM 8/25/2004 +0000, D C Macdonald wrote:

>I entered onto active duty in the Air Force
>in Feb '61.  The "service numbers" we were
>given were AF########.  When I received
>my commission, it changed to FV#######.
>When I received a "Regular" commission, the
>number changed to FR#####.  Then they
>all changed to use the SSAN.  This despite
>Social Security Administration rules/laws that
>stated the SSAN was specifically   NOT   to be
>used as an identification number for anything
>other than Social Security purposes.
>
>Mac, K2GKK/5
>
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: Sheldon Daitch <sdaitch at ibb.gov>
>To: Jack Antonio <scr287 at sbcglobal.net>
>CC: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Oddball question
>Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:59:49 -0400
>
>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
>>
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