Line 1: First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name –

Example Line 1: David A. Hruska

Line 2: First 8 spaces, Army Serial Number; ninth space blank; tenth through twelfth spaces, record of tetanus immunization – letter T and last two numerals of the year completed; thirteenth space blank; fourteenth and fifteenth spaces, the last two digits of the year in which immunity stimulating injection of tetanus toxoid is completed; sixteenth space blank; seventeenth space, the letter signifying the blood type (A, B, O); eighteenth space, blank unless needed for blood type (AB). Note: + and – are not used for blood types.

Army Serial Numbers were 8 digits as follows:

• First digit was a 1 (Regular Army), a 2 (National Guard), or a 3 (Draftee)
  
• Second/Third digits were for the Corps Area of induction or enlistment (35th Inf was in the VII Corps Area, so digits will be 07)
• Fifth-Eighth digits were your assigned serial number (to make it easier to remember, just use the last 5 digits of your SSAN)

Example Line 2: 20760830 T41 42 A

Line 3: Name of person to notify in case of emergency

Line 4: Street address of person to notify in case of emergency

Line 5: City and State address of person to notify in case of emergency. The religion of the wearer was stamped in the 18th space of Line 5 if vacant, otherwise in the 18th space of Line 4, and was indicated by a capital letter as follows: C for Catholic, H for Hebrew, and P for Protestant.

Example Dog Tag:

David A. Hruska
20768003 T41 42 A
Brenda Hruska
1234 Noname Drive
Leavenworth, Kan C

Late War (May 1944 Regulation)

Same information as above, only the next of kin notification was removed and the name was listed as Last, First, Middle Initial.

Example Dog Tag:

David A. Hruska
20768003 T41 42 A
(blank)
(blank)
_________________C