tags, commemorative service identification
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From the collection of the National Park Service, National Mall and Memorial Parks.

tags, commemorative service identification

CATALOG NUMBER

VIVE 28175

ACCESSION DATE

08/31/1992

ASSOCIATED NAMES ON THE WALL
ITEM SUMMARY

Two (2) non-military issue, commemorative service identification tags, also referred to as, "dog tags", dedicated to U.S. Army Specialist 4 (SP4) Harold Lee Macdonald & U.S. Army Specialist 4 (SP4) Bruce William Wright. The military unit identification, year of military service, and dedication, "B CO. 123RD 1969 / WARLORDS / WE MISS YOU DOG" are stamped upon the obverse surfaces of both tags. The artifacts were left at The Wall individually affixed to metal ball chains by members of B Company, 123rd Aviation Battalion, U.S. Army between July - August 1992.

ITEM DESCRIPTION

TWO (2) NON-MILITARY ISSUE, COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE IDENTIFICATION TAGS, ALSO REFERRED TO AS, "DOG TAGS", DEDICATED TO U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) HAROLD LEE MACDONALD & U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) BRUCE WILLIAM WRIGHT. EACH OF THE TWO (2) OBJECTS CONSISTS OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, SILVER COLORED METAL DISK WITH ROUNDED CORNERS, A CRIMPED EDGE, AND ONE (1) HOLE PUNCHED AT THE CENTER OF THE PROPER LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. ONE DOG TAG BEARS THE NAME, "HAROLD MACDONALD" STAMPED IN RECESSED BLOCK SCRIPT IN THE FIRST (1ST) LINE OF THE INSCRIPTION UPON THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, WHILE THE SECOND (2ND) DOG TAG BEARS THE NAME, "BRUCE WRIGHT" STAMPED IN RECESSED BLOCK SCRIPT IN THE FIRST (1ST) LINE OF THE INSCRIPTION UPON THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. BOTH (2) DOG TAGS BEAR THE INSCRIPTION, "B CO. 123RD 1969 / WARLORDS / WE MISS YOU DOG" STAMPED INTO THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE IN RECESSED BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS, IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE STAMPED NAME. BOTH (2) DOG TAGS ARE ALSO PRESENTLY AFFIXED TO SILVER COLORED METAL BALL CHAINS STRUNG THROUGH THE HOLES PUNCHED AT THE CENTER OF THE PROPER LEFT-HAND EDGES OF THEIR OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACES.

ACCESSION GROUP

VIVE-00107

RECORD COPONENT QTY

4

ASSOCIATED ITEM TEXT

Text of the stamped inscriptions upon the obverse object surfaces of the two (2) dog tags is transcribed in full, as follows: [Dog tag #1, obverse object surface, stamped inscription] "HAROLD MACDONALD / B CO. 123RD 1969 / WARLORDS / WE MISS YOU DOG" / [Dog tag #2, obverse object surface, stamped inscription] "BRUCE WRIGHT / B CO. 123RD 1969 / WARLORDS / WE MISS YOU DOG"

ITEM DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT

Item Weight: 10.7g (Weight of a single dog tag/ball chain only)
Item Length: 2.8cm
Item Width: 5.0cm
Item Depth: 0.1cm (Thickness)