I got my father's 8 digit WWII army ID number from his record of separation. I found a web site that indicated the first two digit indicated which unit he was with.

Two questions.
Was a new ID assigned if a person got transfer?
My father's ID number started with 01 which was not listed.

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I found a web site that indicated the first two digit indicated which unit he was with.

Not true

It designated the Corps area in which he was recruited

Was a new ID assigned if a person got transfer?
--> No, once issued it stayed with him

My father's ID number started with 01 which was not listed.
--> 01 designated 1st Army Corps Area (look at the link below)

Look here for Serial Number info

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Originally posted by Banander27:

My father's ID number started with 01 which was not listed.
--> 01 designated 1st Army Corps Area (look at the link below)

Look here for Serial Number info

That web site says:
1st Corps Area - 11,000,000 to 11,999,999

I don't have the exact number with me but my father's ID number was something like
01 123 123

He would have enlisted or been drafted in Illinois.

Also, Were Sound and Flash unit number unique?
He was the officer in charge of one of this units.

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Does anyone know if this system was applied to those who served in the Korean War?

It might have, Patriot. When I enlisted (RA) in Colorado 1961, my Service Number number began with 17. As I recall, Draftees (US) had Service Numbers beginning with 5 and National Guardsmen's Service Numbers began with 2.

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He was the officer in charge of one of this units

Officer !! Now that's a horse of a different color

Officers serial numbers are determined on a totally different basis

His draftee number would have been stricken on receipt of his commission

I have no knowledge on how Commissioned Officers service numbers work

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Were Sound and Flash unit number unique?

Might have been his roster number within the unit

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Does anyone know if this system was applied to those who served in the Korean War?

Pretty much from the 1940s through the end in in the late 1960s

There were several post war changes. This site provides a little detail:

http://users.skynet.be/jeeper/page83.html

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Originally posted by Banander27:
Officer !! Now that's a horse of a different color

Officers serial numbers are determined on a totally different basis

His draftee number would have been stricken on receipt of his commission

I have no knowledge on how Commissioned Officers service numbers work

That's it. I reread the first paragraph in the link you posted.

My father's enlisted ID number was 36 (inducted in Illinois).
His officer ID number was letter "O" (officer) one not zero one.
He became an officer at Ft. Sills so does the "1" indicate the location of his first officer duty station?

I came in 1965, RA number was 157-ba-baba

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Originally posted by Banander27:
Pretty much from the 1940s through the end in in the late 1960s

Some of us were 'unique'; once the decision was made to use the SSAN/TIN, ID tags were frequently issued with both! I was issued a set at Ft Belvoir in Mar 68 with RA-11-xxx-xxx and 063-xx-xxxx!