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Originally posted by Wailuna:
Most of the coding on you show here from your father's DD-214 is administrative and pretty meaningless (unless you are determined to do some deep research into his military records). A few of the coded entries are more interesting from the standpoint of his military history. For instance, "504th AIR" was 504th Airborne Infantry Regiment (which still exists today at 504th Infantry Regiment) and the illegible letters in item #28 probably identify the company he was assigned to (perhaps something like "CO A"?)

Here is an image of the regimental insignia that your father most likely wore while he was assigned to 504th AIR (and you can link here for a brief history of the regiment):



For most of its existence, 504th Infantry has been assigned to 82nd Airborne Division. Here is the shoulder patch your father would have wore while he was stationed at Ft. Bragg:



From the information that you have posted, it appears that your father did not serve in Korea during the War. 82nd Airborne Division was in strategic reserve during the Korean War and was not deployed outside the United States. A few other airborne units saw very limited wartime service in Korea. There may be more information of interest recorded on his DD-214 that we can interpret for you if you want to post an image of here as "4917943" has done.

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Originally posted by Kimfloyd:...Thanks so much for your help. I appreciate any feedback I can get. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Sincerely, Kim...