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Help with identifying a WWII tag found in Holland

Discussion in 'Information Requests' started by Jan Ooms, Jun 22, 2018.

  1. Jan Ooms

    Jan Ooms New Member

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    Hello,

    I'm trying to help with identifying an tag of an American soldier, that was found this week in Holland.
    I tried to search records but came up with noting so far..
    Ik would be grateful with any help, so we can possibly find out who this has belonged to an hopefully contact his relatives.

    Thanks in advance,
    Jan Ooms, Holland
     

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    Jan Ooms New Member

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    I already found out the following:

    Third type July 1943 – March 1944
    first line first name of soldier, second initial, surname
    second line army serial number, tetanus immunization , tetanus toxoid, blood type
    fifth line religion
    name and address of next of kin are deleted 20 July 1943

    And:
    Flight Officers (1942): start with prefix T, followed by a series of digits T-80, T 1846, T-6367, T-136265, T 223076
     
  3. George Patton

    George Patton Canadian Refugee

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    He is not listed on the American Battle Monuments Comission online records, meaning he was not KIA or MIA.

    Here is an obituary for a John H Kelly who is identified as a WW2 vet: John H. Kelly's Obituary on Times News
     
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    Thanks Alan!

    Jan
     
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    George Patton Canadian Refugee

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    I was doing some research on Fold3, and there appears to be a John H Kelly from Illinois listed on the USAAF casualty roster. I recently let me subscription lapse -- perhaps someone with a valid subscription could look into this?
     
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    So, according to this site: U.S. Army WW2 Dog Tags | WW2 US Medical Research Centre

    This tag was issued after 20 july 1943 but before 31 march 1944 and belonged to a Flight Officer John H. Kelly.
    Flight Officer indicates USAAF casualty is more likely than Army vet.

    Here is a list with all know Army and Army Air Force casualties: WWII Army Casualties: Illinois

    Unfortunately, it consists of scanned documents per state, divided in counties. Therefore searching through it is extremely time-consuming. As Illinois was mentioned, I scanned through a few counties and found a "John H. Kelly" with serial number 36754092 from Cook County (26. in the list) but his serial number is different.
     
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