Occupational Code List A-D E-H I-M N-S T-Z

This file lists approximately 3,028 residents of Harrison County who served in the U.S. Army during World War II. The information was extracted from the ARMY SERIAL NUMBER ELECTRONIC FILE: MERGED PROCESSED FILE ENLISTMENT CARD RECORDS, Member of: Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration; Series: World War II Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002. It is referred to as ASNEF. The entire searchable database, containing about 9 million records, is online at http://aad.archives.gov/. The site is the NARA Access to Archival Data (AAD) gateway.

Users of the material extracted here should be aware of several matters. First, the ASNEF contains a number of data fields not extracted here. Those fields are somewhat technical (such as, for example, distinguishing between National Guardsmen whose state enlistments expired while on federal active duty and other Guardsmen). This type of information is of limited genealogical value.
Second, about 35 percent of the ASNEF records in AAD have a scanning error. About 13 percent of the microfilmed punchcard records, or about 1.5 million cards, could not be scanned into the electronic file and so are not in the ASNEF in AAD. If 35 percent of the ASNEF records have errors, why has the NARA made the file available? According to the NARA:

NARA staff compared a random sample of the records in the electronic ASNF with the microfilmed punch cards. Only 4.7 percent of the records had any character error in the name column and only 1.3 percent had character errors in the serial number column. While a large number of records had other errors, they were minor. . . . Other errors can be intuitively corrected by the users, such as understanding "POT" or "PVO" to mean PVT in the [RANK]column.

Obviously, some of those errors are repeated here. Where the errors were clearly apparent, they have been corrected. There are some gaps which may be due to the transcriber's error. Those will be corrected as the proper information is obtained. The final caveat is that these records only are for persons who enlisted in the Army, Army Reserves, and Women Army Auxiliary Corps during the World War I1 period (1938-1946). The records do not contain information on commissioned or warrant officers or members of other services. .

The ASNEF is heavily coded. In extracting the information here, the original codes were translated into plain English or were simplified for ease of use. Researchers may be assured that every effort has been made to maintain the integrity of the data. Again, researchers may check the NARA site for complete information.

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Abbreviations in this file

DoE Date of Enlistment (month, year)
Br The branch of the Army in which the person enlisted (see below).
ToE Term of Enlistment (years)
YoB Year of birth

Edu Educational Level

0 Grammar school
1 1 year of high school
2 2 years of high school
3 3 years of high school
4 4 years of high school
5 1 year of college
6 2 years of college
7 3 years of college
8 4 years of college
9 Post-graduate degree

Race

The choices for race in the ASNEF are: White, Negro, Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian, American Indian, Filipino, Puerto Rican, and "Others." There appear to have been only whites and Negroes enlisting in the service from Harrison County.

Occ Civilian Occupation prior to induction. There are about a thousand occupational codes in the ASNEF. See the list linked here.

Marr Status Marital Status:

S--single
M--married
SEP---separated
D---divorced
W---widowed

Branch Abbreviations

AC Air Corps
AGD Adjutant General's Department
AMP Army Mine Planter Service
ANC Army Nurse Corps
CAC Coast Artillery Corps
CAV Cavalry
CE Corps of Engineers
CH Chaplains
CWS Chemical Warfare Service
DML Detached Enlisted Men's List
FA Field Artillery
FIN Finance Department
GSC General Staff Corps
HD Hospital Dietitians
IGD Inspector General's Department
INF Infantry
IR Inactive Reserve
JAG Judge Advocate General's Department
MD Medical Department
MI Military Intelligence
MP Corps of Military Police
NO No branch assignment
ORD Ordnance Department
PHC Pharmacy Corps
PS Philippine Scouts
PTA Physical Therapy Aides
QM Quartermaster Corps
SC Signal Corps
SR Specialist Reserve
TC Transportation Corps
VC Veterinary Service
WA Women's Army Corps