The Navy recycled service numbers sometime after WWII. Service numbers were 6 digits. Rather than adding another numeral, service numbers from deceased shipmates were used but designated by a letter.....at my time an A or a B initially. By the time I got out there were Cs.
Example: SN 12 34 56, deceased. SN reassigned to a new recruit, B12 34 56. These were called Dead men's numbers.
How are you doing, Nutcracker! Missed ya!
Oh, I see. Thanks for the explanation.
Miss you too Biglook. Been trying to apply my Nutcracker in Chief title to getting our WTC Memorial back.
Did you have any affects of that earthquake in your part of the world? The tidal wave thread?