Marion: Did a bit of web checking on Army ser. #'s and found this. AR 615-30 dated 12 Feb. 1942. "For Men inducted into the Army - Army serial numbers from the following blocks will be used for trainees inducted under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, regardless of whether the man formerly had an Army, Navy, or Other service number, and will be retained thereafter upon enlistment or reenlistment for the Regular Army. The second digit indicates the corps area of induction.." And the "3" number on the start of the serial # shows being a draftee". Seems like they are "Brain Dead" and
dont know the regs.. Meaning his old ser. # from over 20 years ago was invalid and he recieved a new one. Not as I was told that his old ser. # should still have been used.
God help us from these people.