WWII U.S. Deceased Servicemen Personal Effects Bag
Entry/Object ID
2024.1.379
Tags
Gold Star Families
Description
These were used by Graves Registration Service (GRS) personnel in which would be placed items of soldiers who had been killed or died in hospital for return to next of kin. On the OD#3 (khaki) canvas bag is a cloth label upon which the details of the deceased and circumstances of their death would be inscribed.