TSCT US ARMY WW 11

Post by **marilyn morning** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:20 am

I'm going around in circles

You see I have a relative, Warren Longtin who served in WW11. I haven't been able to find his WW 11 Draft registration card on Ancestry, nor has anyone else I asked to check

But listed on his grave marker (which I uploaded a copy of to the gallery) it reads

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1632

Warren Leo Longtin
TSCT US ARMY WW11

After doing abt. 50 google searches the closest I can find, is that
TSCT is an Air Force Division of the US ARMY

Is there a military buff out there who can give me any additional information on what TSCT represents?

Regards
Marilyn

Post by **AndrewP** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:45 am

Hi Marilyn,

Is it definitely TSCT? I see it as T SGT (T <space> SGT) - some form of sergeant?

All the best,

AndrewP

Jamboesque · Post by **Jamboesque** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:34 am

It is very likely, as Andrew has pointed out, T SGT.

A Technical Sargeant is explained in this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sta ... rld_War_II

Hope this helps

Jack

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:52 am

Hi Marilyn,
I take it he isn't the one born 1914 in Rhode Island, listed as Leo? Since the Ancestry records of WWII enlistment are transcriptions, not images, who knows what mistakes there may be...

All the best,
Sarah

Post by **marilyn morning** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:20 pm

Hi Andrew,

Yes it very well could be T SGT, I'll need to find a better picture without the snow.

Hi Jim,

A Technical Sargeant makes perfect sense!

Hi Sarah,

No its not Leo Longtin from Rhode Island

Warren Leo Longtin was born on 1 May 1920 in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Thanks to all who replied.....
Marilyn

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:45 pm

marilyn morning wrote: Warren Leo Longtin was born on 1 May 1920 in Lowell, Massachusetts.

So the tombstone is wrong? Wouldn't be the first time! I must say that this chap is elusive... he doesn't seem to show up many records

He was indexed as Loutsis in 1930, so who knows what name he is under in the WWII records

Regards,
Sarah

winslowsmom · Post by **winslowsmom** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:56 pm

I'm not sure, but aren't the WW 11 draft records currently available on Ancestry only for men born between 1877 and 1897? Called the "old man's
draft".

Also, if your fellow signed up strait off, maybe he went in before the draft?

I got my father's records from http://www.archives.gov/veterans/
This is a direct record, not through a for profit search company.

But he was still living then and signed the request for me. But maybe
there is a next of kin for your fellow who could help you out?

Good luck in your search,
Cathy

Post by **SarahND** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 6:01 pm

Hi Cathy,

winslowsmom wrote:I'm not sure, but aren't the WW 11 draft records currently available on Ancestry only for men born between 1877 and 1897? Called the "old man's draft".

There are two WWII databases on Ancestry.

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

The first one is, indeed, the "old man's draft" but the second is younger folk

Regards,
Sarah

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 7:31 pm

Hi Marilyn,

I didn't have any luck finding Warren's WWII draft reg. either, but I found his father Walter's for both WWI and WWII.

Also, there are a few newspaper articles available. The Lowell Daily Sun from Oct. 1938 has Warren Longtin sitting on the bench with his crutches cheering on the rest of the Lowell High football team. Haven't read the others yet. If you're interested in any of this, I have the first batch on my desktop and can send them to you.

Carol

speleobat2 · Post by **speleobat2** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:05 pm

Hi again,

There is a picture of Warren and the YMCA diving team in the Dec. 20, 1937 Lowell Sun. There are at least a dozen more articles for 1937-38 that come up under his search and many more for the years after that. You might want to consider a voucher for Ancestry. He was playing golf in 1955 at Mt. Pleasant!

Carol