[Milsurplus] Oddball question

[Bob Wilder]

One added comment  about this thread.  Commissioned numbers were issued after the early 50's in accordance how that officer stood on the list.  Example the Colonel who was base CO at Memphis Municipal Airport had serial number 576A which placed him as the 576th officer by date of rank starting the with most senior General



At 09:58 PM 8/25/2004 -0400, Ray, W2EC wrote:

>Regarding serialization, there may have been a separate group of numbers for enlisted vs commissioned. I had one serial number as an EM and after completing OCS, was discharged as an EM, giving up that serial number and obtained a new serial number as an officer. I don't know if it is a coincidence or not but a few of us in my class compared serial numbers and although not sequential, they all started with 0. Any officers out there, did your serial number start with 0 or was just this a strange coincidence?
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>Ray, W2EC
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>Clarence M. Owens wrote:
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>>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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