Military Dog Tag Text Formats

• Last Name, First Name, Middle Inital
• Social Security Number, followed by "AF" indicating branch of service
• Blood Type
• "Blank"
• Religion

• Last Name
• First Name and Middle Initial
• Social Security Number, followed by "AF" indicating branch of service
• (CDT DOES NOT RECOMMEND USING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, USE SERVICE NUMBER)
• Blood Type
• Religion

• Last Name
• First Name and Middle Initial and suffix; Blood Type
• Social Security Number with three/two/four format as follows:123 45 6789
• (CDT DOES NOT RECOMMEND USING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, USE SERVICE NUMBER)
• Branch ("USMC"); Gas Mask Size (S-Small, M-Medium, L-Large)
• Religion preference, or Medical Allergy if red Medical tag

• Last Name, First Name, Middle Inital
• Social Security Number with no dashes or spaces followed immediately by "USN", space, Blood Type
• (CDT DOES NOT RECOMMEND USING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, USE SERVICE NUMBER)
• Religion

• Last Name, First Name, Middle Inital
• Dept of Defense ID Number (Social Security Numbers were Discontinued NOV2015)
• Blood Type
• Religion

• Last Name, First Name, Middle Inital
• Social Security Number, no dashes or spaces, followed immediately by branch (i.e., 123456789USCG)
• (CDT DOES NOT RECOMMEND USING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS, USE SERVICE NUMBER)
• Blood Type
• Religion

DO NOT ENGRAVE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS on these dog tags. (To protect your identity).

The above information was taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. If any of this information is found to be incorrect or not the proper regulation format, please contact us at: DogTags@mindspring.com. This is being provided as general information and not as authorized military protocol or official military information.