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Army Regulation 615-30,
dated 12 Feb 1942.
According to Army Regulation 615-30, dated 12 Feb 1942, Corps area commanders are charged with the assignment of Army serial numbers to all enlisted men within their respective areas, including exempted stations and commands, and oversea base commands.
1st Corps Area - 11,000,000 to 11,999,999 2nd Corps Area - 12,000,000 to 12,999,999 3rd Corps Area - 13,000,000 to 13,999,999 4th Corps Area - 14,000,000 to 14,999,999 5th Corps Area - 15,000,000 to 15,999,999 6th Corps Area - 16,000,000 to 16,999,999 7th Corps Area - 17,000,000 to 17,999,999 8th Corps Area - 18,000,000 to 18,999,999 9th Corps Area - 19,000,000 to 19,999,999 Hawaiian Department - 10,100,000 to 10,199,999 Panama Canal Department - 10,200,000 to 10,299,999 Philippine Department - 10,300,000 to 10,399,999 Puerto Rican Department - 10,400,000 to 10,499,999
1st Corps Area - 20,100,000 to 20,199,999 2nd Corps Area - 20,200,000 to 20,299,999 3rd Corps Area - 20,300,000 to 20,399,999 4th Corps Area - 20,400,000 to 20,499,999 5th Corps Area - 20,500,000 to 20,599,999 6th Corps Area - 20,600,000 to 20,699,999 7th Corps Area - 20,700,000 to 20,799,999 8th Corps Area - 20,800,000 to 20,899,999 9th Corps Area - 20,900,000 to 20,999,999 Hawaiian Department - 20,010,000 to 20,019,999
Puerto Rican Department -
20,020,000 to 20,029,999 The serial number assigned at induction into Federal service will be retained thereafter upon enlistment or reenlistment for the Regular Army or Army of the United States.
1st Corps Area - 31,000,000 to 31,999,999 2nd Corps Area - 32,000,000 to 32,999,999 3rd Corps Area - 33,000,000 to 33,999,999 4th Corps Area - 34,000,000 to 34,999,999 5th Corps Area - 35,000,000 to 35,999,999 6th Corps Area - 36,000,000 to 36,999,999 7th Corps Area - 37,000,000 to 37,999,999 8th Corps Area - 38,000,000 to 38,999,999 9th Corps Area - 39,000,000 to 39,999,999 Hawaiian Department - 30,100,000 to 30,199,999 Panama Canal Department - 30,200,000 to 30,299,999 Philippine Department - 30,300,000 to 30,399,999
Puerto Rican Department -
30,400,000 to 30,499,999
Consecutive numbers -
Consecutive numbers will not be assigned to men of the same surname.
Canceled numbers will not be held available for reassignment. The Army serial number assigned to an enlisted man is part of his official designation and, except as indicated will ordinarily appear in every military record in which his name appears, including every letter, telegram, order, report, pay roll, etc., at least once, preferably where the name first occurs. Special care must be taken that the correct Army serial number is used for the reason that certain records are filed and certain accounts are paid by the Army serial number and not by name.
1st Corps Area – ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI 2nd Corps Area – NY, NJ, DE 3rd Corps Area – PA, MD, VA, DC 4th Corps Area – NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN 5th Corps Area – OH, IN, KY, WV 6th Corps Area – IL, MI, WI 7th Corps Area – MO, KS, NB, CO, IA, MN, ND, SD, WY 8th Corps Area – AR, LA, TX, OK, NM 9th Corps Area - WA, OR, CA, ID, MT, NV, UT, AK Identification Tags First line: Name of wearer
Second line: First eight spaces, Army serial number; ninth space vacant; tenth, eleventh, and twelfth spaces, record of tetanus immunization (date completed), (letter T and the last two numerals of the year); thirteenth space vacant; fourteenth and fifteenth spaces, the last two numerals of the year in which the immunity stimulating injection of the tetanus toxoid is completed; sixteenth space vacant; seventeenth space, the letter signifying the blood type; eighteenth space vacant unless the blood type is indicated by two letter. For example: "33333333 T41 42 A"; or, "33333333 41 42 AB". Blood types are indicated by the symbols "A","B","AB", or "O"
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10/21/2022