Good Day to everyone. My dear grandfather, Franklin Furlow served in the Army during WWII. He was part of the 1881st service command unit and received a purple heart. He would never talk to any of us about the time he spent in war but he would have nightmares that woke him up in screaming fits. He recently passed away and I acquired a distorted copy of his DD-214. I don't understand some of the info that is listed on it. I hope someone can help

In box 4 (ARM OF SERVICE?) it states "CMP"
what does this mean?
In box 5 (COMPONENT) it states "RA"
What does this mean?
In box 30 (MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALITY AND NO.) Military Police 677
What does the number mean?
In box 55 (REMARKS) it states "Time lost under
AW 107 41 days"
What does this mean?
Also, it states he was wounded in action in Lagonia, Italy in 1943. I have done some research but cannot find such a place in Italy.

I am so new to this but I am wanting to know as much as I can. Thanks for the help.

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Tracy,
Can't help with US documents I'm afraid, but 'CMP' would probably be Corps of Military Police.

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Thank you for the info you were able to provide. As I stated, my grandfather never talked to me about his time in the service, so now I am on a misson to piece all this together for my own peace of mind.

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I think there's a Lagonia Bay on Italy's west coast near Naples, but can't find any more info I'm afraid.

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Box 4 CMP is Corps or Combat Military Police. In the US army at the time troops were assigned to an arm of service like Armor or Infantry or Artillery. His was military police. On his uniform on the collars he would have worn crossed matchlock pistols to show his arm of serivce. An infantryman wore crossed rifles, a tanker a WW I style tank, artillery crossed cannons etc.

Box 5: RA is Regular Army. He was neither a reservist or national guard. This means he volunteered in most cases.

Box 30: MP is military police. The 667 is an occupational speciality code number. It is a military shorthand way of telling he was an MP. The 667 may be a particular type of MP or, it may just be a MOS for MP's in general.


Box 55 Time lost under AW (Articles of War) 107 (the cited article) was 41 days of serivce. This predates the current US military Uniform Code of Military Justice so I cannot tell you what article 107 is. For some reason he lost 41 days of credited service, possibly for an infraction of military rules or some other reason.


Hope that helps.

An added note: MOS 667 is Message Center Clerk. This speciality is usually assigned to headquarters units (had to look it up as the earlier post was done at work).

Thanks to all who has helped me with this info. OK, now that I understand what all this means, I can give it a rest for a while and get back to being a MOM!!! I know he was injured in battle and because of that he received an early discharge. I don't know if that is the reason for the 41 days. But again, thank you all so much not only for helping me with this issue, but thank you for mine and my families FREEDOM!!!

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Tracy, it is virtually a certainty that as an enlisted man he was courts martialed under the US Army's Articles of War for some infraction and given the loss of 41 days of service, along with very possibly other penalties like loss of pay, rank, etc.
In World War 2 the US Army's system of justice was very much skewed against enlisted men. Over 2 million soldiers / sailors were tried in courts martial for infractions of military law. There was no equivalent at the time to misdimeanor civilian courts and officers were basically going to be found in the right bringing charges.
Like I said, I don't specifically know what article 107 is.
Article 63 is "disrespect towards a superior officer". Article 64 is "assaulting or willfully disobeying a superior officer. 65 is "Insubordination towards non-commssioned officers. 95 "Conduct unbecoming and officer and gentleman.
Unfortunately, I don't have the full list of articles so you grandfather's offense is unknown.
Be proud he served his country and regardless of what he did to receive this infraction, know that he served honorably and paid in blood to preserve your nation.
You can be proud of his service.

Tracy,

MOS 677 was Military Policeman (from Military Occupational Classifications of Enlisted Personnel)

Keep looking for more info on your grandfather. You may find it interesting!

I think I found Article 107.

He apparently was charged with Giving a False Statement.

If anyone wants to make sure I read it corretly, here is the link:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_L...ummer-2004.pdf

This looks like a comparison between the current Code and WWII Article 107. See page 115 of the original document, not 115 of the PDF.

If anyone can find something to verify this, please do.

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JW