Amazing Labor day find

[Clad the Impaler]

Hi everyone. I hunted all day yesterday at 2 Chicago parks that date to the late 1800s/early 1900s. My best find of the day was a WWI dog tag. The servicemans name is Pvt. Julius J. O'Hara. Apparently he served with B battery 51st artillery regiment, coast artillery corps. His service number is 14814. If anyone can find any info on surviving relatives, I'd greatly appreciate it as I would like to return this to them. Thank you. Pics below.

 

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[watercolor]

OMG Paul!!. . . wonderful find . . . that might be earlier than WWI as all the WWI tags I've seen have been round.

Maybe Spanish American War era (WAG)? I'm sure someone may have additional info for dating.

 

[mainer]

Looks older then WWI. But not sure. That is a great find.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Excellent find. Good luck on finding family members.

 

[daroofa]

It is WW I. The 51st was formed in 1917.

51st History

 

[celtex]

Cool find but it is WWI they issued that style from 1917-18. Good luck on the family search!

 

[Bramblefind]

I checked on Ancestry and I think this might be his record in Ohio Soldiers in WWI - the # shows as "48147" but I think the first number is cut off and could very well be a "1". Could your tag have a "7" at the end?

eta - here it is in better form. There was a "1" missing

Ohio Military Men, 1917-18
about Julius J. O'Hara
Name: Julius J. O'Hara
Serial Number: 148147
Race: W
Residence: Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Division: Regular Army
Enlistment Location: Columbus Barracks, O.
Enlistment Date: 8 Dec 1916
Birth Place: Macon, GA.
Assigns Comment: 3 Co Coast Artillery Corps Fort Greble RI to 15 July 1917; 2 Co Coast Artillery Corps Fort Greble RI to 10 Aug 1918; Battery B 51 Artillery Coast Artillery Corps to 6 Sept 1919; 2 Heavy Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop to Furlough to Reserve to 31 March 1920. Private, first class 10 Jan 1919; Wagoner 11 June 1919; Private, first class 20 June 1919; Corporal 13 Nov 1919. St Mihiel; Defensive Sector. American Expeditionary Forces 14 Aug 1917 to 3 Feb 1919. Honorable discharge 4 June 1920. Abolishment of Regular Army Reserve
Volume #: 13

And if that is him then likely this is too-

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about Julius James O'Hara
Name: Julius James O'Hara
Service Info.: CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR I
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1894
Death Date: 2 Nov 1954
Service Start Date: 8 Dec 1916
Interment Date: 10 Nov 1954
Cemetery: Ft. Logan National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 4400 West Kenyon Avenue Denver, CO 80236
Buried At: Section J Site 171

 

[Natman]

That is awesome. Nice find. Good job on the research too.

Nat

 

[Clad the Impaler]

I checked on Ancestry and I think this might be his record in Ohio Soldiers in WWI - the # shows as "48147" but I think the first number is cut off and could very well be a "1". Could your tag have a "7" at the end?

eta - here it is in better form. There was a "1" missing

Ohio Military Men, 1917-18
about Julius J. O'Hara
Name: Julius J. O'Hara
Serial Number: 148147
Race: W
Residence: Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Division: Regular Army
Enlistment Location: Columbus Barracks, O.
Enlistment Date: 8 Dec 1916
Birth Place: Macon, GA.
Assigns Comment: 3 Co Coast Artillery Corps Fort Greble RI to 15 July 1917; 2 Co Coast Artillery Corps Fort Greble RI to 10 Aug 1918; Battery B 51 Artillery Coast Artillery Corps to 6 Sept 1919; 2 Heavy Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop to Furlough to Reserve to 31 March 1920. Private, first class 10 Jan 1919; Wagoner 11 June 1919; Private, first class 20 June 1919; Corporal 13 Nov 1919. St Mihiel; Defensive Sector. American Expeditionary Forces 14 Aug 1917 to 3 Feb 1919. Honorable discharge 4 June 1920. Abolishment of Regular Army Reserve
Volume #: 13

And if that is him then likely this is too-

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
about Julius James O'Hara
Name: Julius James O'Hara
Service Info.: CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR I
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1894
Death Date: 2 Nov 1954
Service Start Date: 8 Dec 1916
Interment Date: 10 Nov 1954
Cemetery: Ft. Logan National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 4400 West Kenyon Avenue Denver, CO 80236
Buried At: Section J Site 171

That's definitely the guy!! There's a 7 as the last digit of his service number; it's partially hidden by corrosion on the tag. Now I have to check Columbus, Ohio for relatives.....Thanks A LOT Bramblefind!!!

 

[N.J.THer]

Try calling the cemetery. They may have a list of surviving relatives (of course this would be as of 1954). Good luck on finding the family.

NJ

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Dang..People are quick on the research..I just tried looked it up and saw that name is a character from a Humphrey Bogart movie..."Beat the Devil" 1953...and this guy died in 1954...Weird..Cool find thou..Hope you can find its way to the Family

 

[{Sentinel}]

Yes, you snagged you a real nice one there bud!