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Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Military Service numbers
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And during that same time frame women serving in the military were assigned  
a serial number beginning with "WA" at least for the Women's Army Corps  
informally called the "WACs".  Not sure about the other women's  branches.
 
Does anyone know when the separate women's military branches were merged  
with the men?
Just curious.
 
JON
 
In a message dated 1/11/2006 10:52:28 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
rockydan@cebridge.net writes:

At least  during the Korean war, Army enlistees were given an "RA" 
number, which  we  understood to mean
"regular army" and draftees were assigned a  "US" number. The  first 
number in the US series meant the  army
district from which drafted (as Fifth Army). the second and third  
numbers were the year entered service and the last four numbers
the  sequence in which entered service. The numbers were assigned at 
entry into  the service.
That info may be of use in some use genealogical  searches.