WW1 Era Dog Tag Found At The Shark Pit! END OF STORY!

[rtde3]

Hey Guys! I have a update on the WW1 era Dog Tag that I found last July when I was water hunting at a old swimming hole from the early 1900's nick named "The Shark Pit". As you can see by the first picture it was in bad shape when I found it. It had some hard crust on it that kept me from being able to read the last name & other info.. So I have been soaking it since July. I have not had a chance to do any MDing lately so I figrued I would pull it out tonight & try again to clean it. Well, soaking it did loosen up some of the crust as you can see in the second picture. George W. now has a last name & it ain't Bush! It's Gibson! George W. Gibson. It says the word "Captain" below his name & it now looks like it says "Signal Corps" & "USA" across the bottom. I am now going to try to find out more about George & see if I can find his family to give them back his Dog Tag! I talked to the local VFW about this tag a few months ago & they said if I could come up with his whole name they should able able to find his info. I will keep you all updated on what I find out!
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[Mona Lisa]

R2D2, that's great. Good luck finding his family.

What did you soak the tag in? Have you had any coins soaking, too?

[ashleen]

That's pretty cool
I'm sure they can trace him for you...
His family will be amazed!
Nice going

[Nana40]

Rob! Great to see ya!

That tag turned out really well!

I do hope that you can locate the family...

Good luck!

[rtde3]

R2D2, that's great.? Good luck finding his family.

What did you soak the tag in?? Have you had any coins soaking, too?

Thanks Haupin, I soaked it in olive oil. I do have some cookie coins soaking in water for later.

That's pretty cool
I'm sure they can trace him for you...
His family will be amazed!
Nice going

Thanks Ashleen!

Rob! Great to see ya!

That tag turned out really well!

I do hope that you can locate the family...

Good luck!

? ? ? ?

Hey Nana! Nice to see you too! I like your new pic.!

[Leon]

Great job on the cleaning...
I hope ya find the family, I'm sure it would really make their day to see it...
Good luck, & Happy hunting~

[birdman]

Great stuff ,maybe his kids are still a live! They may be WW2 vets themselves. Keep us informed!

[Bavaria Mike]

Neat find Rob! HH, Mike

[JakePhelps]

Hey rob, havent heard from you in a while, nice job on that tag! if I remember a captain commanded somewhere near 100 men? noo maybe that was in the civil war, i forget...Im sure if you can find the family of this guy they will have soem great stories for you

[johnny50]

Rob,

Where did you find this? Is it near an old Army camp? I can try to find out more through the Army chain.

Johnny

[treasures4me2find]

Congrats Rob on a nice clean-up job on the tag. Hope you have good luck finding the family. I'm sure they will be very appreciative.

Ken

[pgill]

Hope and pray that you find this man's family..... Please keep us informed..

Peter
South Africa

[TimmyNY]

nice tag. Good luck finding the family


Tim

[Huntin' 59er]

Good clean-up job on the tag. Patience paid off. Keep us posted on your progress in the return.

Huntin' 59er

[oberkill]

YAY!!! Ive been jonesin for a shark pit post! lol Hope you are able to find the family.

Alan

[trk5capt]

Very Interesting Find, Hope You Can Locate some Family Members and get the Whole Story on this Soldier. Keep Us Posted. trk5capt...

[stoney56]

Rob, I don't know if this is the same George W. Gibson but here's a little bit of what I found and where.

GIBSON, GEORGE W
CORP US ARMY
DATE OF DEATH: 10/18/1938
BURIED AT: SECTION 48 ROW D SITE 14
LOS ANGELES NATIONAL CEMETERY
950 SOUTH SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD LOS ANGELES, CA 90049
(310) 268-4675

http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1

[civilman1]

Thank's stoney,that right there meant alot to ME,...GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

[stoney56]

Thank's stoney,that right there meant alot to ME,...GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

You're welcome civilman.

Unfortunately for the WWI records:

The 1973 Fire at the Natl Personnel Records Center (MPR)
On July 12, 1973, a disastrous fire at NPRC(MPR) destroyed approximately 16-18 million Official Military Personnel Files. The affected record collections are described below.

Branch Personnel and Period Affected Estimated Loss
Army Personnel discharged November 1, 1912, to January 1, 1960 80%
Air Force Personnel discharged, September 25, 1947, to January 1, 1964
(with names alphabetically after Hubbard, James E.)
75%


No duplicate copies of the records that were destroyed in the fire were maintained, nor was a microfilm copy ever produced. There were no indexes created prior to the fire. In addition, millions of documents had been lent to the Department of Veterans Affairs before the fire occurred. Therefore, a complete listing of the records that were lost is not available.

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WTC! Ruck.