found army navy marine whatever dog tags

[strawberries]

Hi

I suppose this would be the place to do it

I found dog tags on the beaches of CT. I would like to return them to their owner

name on them
Matthew W Philips
Catholic
04

help me give them back. Please K&R

[Arugula Latte]

1. I wonder if someone threw them into the ocean as part of a funeral ceremony?

Could be. Or they could just be lost.

[snooper2]

2. Then send them to the US Gov.

http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/dogtag.htm

Lost dogtags are the Property of the United States Government. Lost dogtags are not the Property of the veteran who wore them, nor are they the property of the veterans family

OFFICIAL POLICY:
LOST UNITED STATES MILITARY PROPERTY
1. Found U.S. Military items remain the property of the United States Government and the Department of Defense as official custodian.

2. Found military items should not be retained by the finder who is seeking, for whatever reason, to make personal contact with the GI who lost the item, or a member of the GI's family, or seeking to trade the dogtags for US citizenship. By law, found military items must be mailed immediately to:

Secretary of Defense
Room 3E880
The Pentagon
Washington DC 20301

3. The Dept of Defense has many resources at its disposal to return and/or preserve lost U.S. military items.

4. When sending items to the Secretary of Defense the finder should include a letter describing the place and circumstances in which the item was found, and the finders personal contact information for Department of Defense investigators:

WHERE WAS THE ITEM YOU HAVE ENCLOSED FOUND
_________________________________________________________
DATE THE ITEM WAS FOUND
_________________________________________________________
NAME OF FINDER
_________________________________________________________
FINDER'S ADDRESS
____________________________________________________
CITY
____________________________________________________
STATE/ZIP
____________________________________________________
PHONE
____________________________________________________
EMAIL
____________________________________________________
Found dogtags must be mailed to the Department of Defense or the nearest United States Embassy.

Mailing address for
the Department of Defense:

Secretary of Defense
Room 3E880, The Pentagon
Washington DC 20301


Mailing addresses of
United States Embassies:
http://usembassy.state.gov

Thank you!
Counter established 15 November 2008

[former9thward]

10. If they are property of the U.S. government

why do they let you take them with you at discharge? They don't let you take other items.

[Bandit]

12. I had to turn mine in when I was discharged.

[former9thward]

13. I still have mine.

I was in the AF. Maybe different services have different rules or maybe rules change.

[Bandit]

14. I was in the army and yes many things have changed since I was in.

My dog tags had the old serial number on them, before everyone's serial number became their social security number. It began US, instead of either RA or ER or NG.. I am sure there are some on this board that understand what that means..

[Brother Buzz]

15. US, and at times AUS - The Army of the United States (AUS)

One might suspect you were drafted

[pinboy3niner]

16. 'US' denotes a draftee

My first service number was US56704XXX. Later, when I was commissioned after completing Infantry OCS at Ft. Benning, it was replaced with a new service number with an 'O' prefix denoting commissioned officer. After that, we changed to the SSN--so I had three service numbers in a period of 4-1/2 years.

[Earth_First]

3. Protocol on found military ID tags:

Secretary of Defense
Room 3E880
The Pentagon
Washington DC 20301

http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/dogtag.htm

[iscooterliberally]

4. There's a Navy Submarine base near Groton.

I worked there very briefly last summer. I found this website that might help:

http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/dogtag.htm

Good luck!

[strawberries]

8. thanks nt

[bpositive]

5. please edit to remove SSN#

Thanks

[In_The_Wind]

6. I agree

[shenmue]

7. Thanks for doing the right thing

[GGJohn]

9. Take them to your nearest Recruiting Station,

they'll take possession of them.

[Octafish]

11. Drop them in a US Post Office mail box.

They'll get to their owner.

[B Calm]

17. My dog tags have my military service number on them. Did they

change that?