According to the National Archives it belonged to Jasper Avery Letterman, Born 1915, enlisted May 17, 1944. He was an Army private and his residence in 1944 was Benton County, MO.
Per Ancestry.com, he died in 1991 (Springfield MO) but he has living relatives. If you want to return the tag to them let me know and I can try to get a point of contact for you. Or, if you have access to Ancestry.com, you can do the same.
Thank you very much Paul for the info! Yes that would be awesome to return it to his family. I have no access the the website, if you would do that I'd appriciate it a lot.
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Here's an obit on his son which mentions his mother, Jasper's wife, her name and city of residence at the time of this obit. She may be the heir to that dog tag. Great find and good luck in your continued search.
Ronald Letterman,Sr.
Ronald Eugene Letterman Sr., passed away July 11, 2003 at 3 a.m. at Freeman Hospital, Joplin, Mo.
Ron was born June 13, 1946 at Ava, Mo. He was preceded in death by his father, Jasper Avery Letterman; and one son, Van Kenneth Letterman Henson.
He is survived by his mother, Ada Nalley-Benson, Springfield, Mo.; one brother, LeRoy Letterman, Gray, Ga.; two sisters, Mary Letterman-Hamrich, Griffin, Ga., Janice Letterman-Smith, Springfield, Mo.; two children, Ronald Eugene Letterman Jr., Joplin, Ronna L. Letterman, Joplin; dearest friend, Claudia Maxwell and Dolly and Chris Ramm and family.
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For sure an Honorable Mention vote here.
BTW, Letterman was drafted (first number "3" of his service tag) and initially assigned to Jefferson Barracks, in Lenroy, Missouri.
He was born in 1915.
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