Bingham Bulletin | 1943-09-24 | Page 6 | O for Officer; a for Wac, Say the G. I . Numbers

O for Officer; A for Wac, Say the G. I. Numbers Here's the low-down on the eight-digit numbers the army assigns as-signs every soldier: If the first digit is 1, it means the man joined the regular army after the draft began; 2 the owner was a National Nation-al Guard unit member called up; 3 the G. I. was drafted. Second digit reveals the man's service command; the others are personal identification. If there's an O in front of the numbers, he's an of- ficer; A she's a WAC; L she's a WAC officer. The serial number num-ber is private property, it's never reassigned. Translating O-1307694: Officer joining regular army after the draft, now in Third Service command.