[cynwoody]

Pvt Thurmond Carethers
Detroit, Michigan

Barrie Jones did a good deed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2657962/Gardener-finds-dog-tags-American-D-Day-hero-digging-flower-bed-tracks-daughter-3-600-miles-away-reunite-them.html

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

He sure looks like a corporal in that picture. I wonder if older vintage dog tags had rank on them, and he discarded his older ones when he made corporal?

I think the “T” indicates that his rank is associated with some skill rather than leadership. During WW-II they were like the current Spec-5 vs. Buck Sgt., someone whose rank did not denote command.