WWI Dog Tag- Camp Logan, TX
Photographed by Anthony Rathburn / Houstonian
A single, World War I dog tag was discovered at the former site of Camp Logan in Texas. The dog tag belonged to Walter W. O’Connell, a Chicago stenographer who signed up for duty in 1917. The tag lists his full name, his rank (Private) and his placement in Company A (Co. A.) of the 108th Field Signal Battalion.
"Identity disks" were first issued during the Spanish American War and standardized by 1913. By the first World War, soldiers were required to wear two identical tags in case of their demise: one to identify the remains and the other for record keeping.
