Identification Tags
name: label: wearer
content: Guenther, Joseph
notes: label: Description
content: Identification tags worn by SGT Joseph Guenther while serving in the US Army. Identification tags, also known as "dog tags", are issued in pairs; one tag is worn around the neck, on a chain, while the other is worn on a smaller chain attached to the longer chain. Sometimes, the second tag isattached to the laces of a boot. In case of a casualty, the tag worn around the neck remains with the soldier, and the other tag is removed. Modern ID tags contain the following information: Soldier's name, Social Security Number, Blood Type and Religious Preference.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: worn
content: Afghanistan
topic: label: related event
content: Operation Enduring Freedom
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Time and Navigation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0255.02
label: accession number
content: 2012.0255
label: catalog number
content: 2012.0255.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: identification tags, pair of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 in; 2.54 cm x 5.08 cm