RA=regular army US#=Drafted

no RA is regular army. SSNreplaced it.

The letters RA means that the person(s) with those letters are volunteersUS, and the persons with the letters US in front of the serial numbers (i.,e) US52xxxxxxx are draftees.The numbers following th

they had ra numbers then social security numbers was placed for them

The SSN took the RA/US/NG and a vast number of other acrynoms that we assigned to military personnel during the period of the draft. RA: Regular Army, US: Draftee, NG: National Guard. The list goes on

the RA NUMBER was used before the SS number.

no,ss.numbers took the place of rgeulas army numbers

it sure was ,it ment regular army,it also ment you asked for it!and got more than you bargained for to!promises,promises!heh!

RA-REGULAR ARMY

RA numbers was for Regular Army US was for Drafties 2yr. I was a RA Mitchell Jackson 1960/1972

what is that you would like to know about RA #'s

i was also ra david oxendine 1962-1983

hi, i am gilbert fontenot from louisiana,i think we were at fort polk don't remember the year but i know it was early 60 let me know ,[email removed]

gilbert fontenot

I had a RA number. Hess Ricky D [number removed]

people thay joiner the Army in the 60,s had RA serial numbers,the one,s drafted had US serial numbers. [email removed]

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R.A. NUMBERS WERE USED BEFORE THE MILITARY BEGAN USING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS TO IDENTIFY PERSONNEL. R.A. NUMBERS WAS FOR ENLISTEES, AND U.S. NUMBERS MEANT YOU WERE DRAFTED.

[number removed] never forgot it.

social security numbers replaced the ra number in i jonned in 56 the were RA/US/NG

I am a RAman. I am sure that some RA man ws in b, co, 1st bn, 188th abn regt. in 1951 - 1955

The RA stands for Regular Army, US ment drafty. These were used after ww2 and until we started usinf SSAN aroung july 1957. I hope this will be of help. thanks sgme9 holmes

SSAN wete not used as serialumbers till 1969.

Ronald: I'm pretty sure RA/US numbers were used well into the late 60s (I think as late as '69)

We had RA numbers until 1970, then changed to SSN's. There was RA, US, NG (national guard), and ER (enlisted reserve). I was [number removed]. Simmons, Charles. I Live in WA.

I had A RA number when I first went into the service [number removed] I live in Tennessee

reynold: i was [number removed] FROM ILLINOIS THANKS [email removed] your ret E-6 ERNEST N COOLING

my number was [number removed] - had it from 1948 till discharged in 1952. Art Peck - e-mail address : [email removed]

[number removed], Ft Lewis Wash.69

I was drafted in 1965 [number removed] later went to Germany. Reinlisted there became [number removed]. Couldn't get enough. They waved a lot of greenbacks under my nose. stokes

1951 BUSTER JANGLE SHOT DOG 1 NOV 1951

I volunteered in the army from 1968 to 1971. My dog tags have both RA service number and my social security number on them. Before then you had a certain service number RA, us, etc. and after then to today your social security number became your ser

Wood [number removed] SSN #'s replaced the RA #'s

SSN replaced the SN on 1 July 1969.

i also was ra enlisted 1960 , with all the stealing of ssn , it doesn't seem like a good idea to put your ssn out there like that , however havn't seen very many decisions the Gov makes that is sound ! just my per opinion steve