WWII US Army Serial Number Generator

When a soldier joined the the service they were given an Army Serial Number (Dog Tag Number). The serial number was determined  by your branch of service and the state in which you were inducted into the Army.

This ASN (Dog Tag Number) generator is a simple tool that creates a Army Serial Number (ASN) that is the same format as would have been assigned in World War II.

Directions: From the two selections below select the appropriate from each according to your impression background. The date the person joined the service is actually only necessary for officers and warrant officers, whose serial number format changed slightly in 1931 and 1941, respectively.

The state of induction is only applicable to enlisted men. In other cases, the program ignores it. The country was divided into 10 zones, each of which was a group of 1-9 states. The zone number was used as the second or third digit (depending on service) of enlisted men’s serial numbers.