Picture of Alex's dogtag necklaces?

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Picture of Alex's dogtag necklaces?

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Does anyone have a picture of Alex's Dogtag necklace? I'd like to get one made for me that is the same as Alex's.

Thanks a lot =)
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That looks like it says 206-12-1972 Does that mean these tags are similar to James' letter? Could it be that this means the dog tags are part of
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The dog tags are his father's.
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I know we are told that they are his dad's dogtags, but looking at the picture, there is no way Adam was born in 1972. He is in his 50's which would put his DOB in the late 50's to early 60's. And with 206 being a recurring number in the game we could say that these are what Alex thinks the dog tags say.
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Standard issue military dog tags indicate last name, first initial, social security number, blood type and religion. Thus, 206-12-1972 is Adam's social security number.
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Unless people want to entertain the idea that he was born on the 206th day of December? Yeah. I didn't think so.
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This is very interesting indeed, my father is military and I could ask him about this and see what he thinks
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There's not much more to think about it, though. Standard issue dog tags display

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this information. This is exactly what Adam Shepherd's dog tags show.

According to Adam's dog tag—correlated to www.socialsecurity.gov—Adam was most likely born in Pennsylvania.
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MMY wrote:Standard issue military dog tags indicate last name, first initial, social security number, blood type and religion.
Little things like this make me smile--especially considering Adam was marked as "other" for religion.
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'Other' be the Silent Hill Cult. pretty cool.
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Alex is not born in 1972. He's 22 in the events of the game, which take place sometime around 2008. Plus minus a few years, I don't remember the exact time. Either way, could he not have been born in '72. He's born in the mid-80's.
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could be someone else in the family...Hmmm....or the mum...or it could be the year he severed of the year Silent Hill terror started! O-o
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Oh my god seriously?

The number 206-12-1972 is not a date. It's Adam Shepherd's social security number.
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Well one way to find out is asking a military guy, i'll ask my pop
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But what is there really to find out? It must be a SSN. Three digits--2 digits--4 digits. What else would it be?
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got some info on the dog tags

United States
US Armed Forces typically carry two identical oval tags containing:

U.S. Air Force Format 1:
Surname, first name, middle initial
Social Security Number, followed by "AF" indicating branch of service.
Blood Group
"blank"
Religion

U.S. Air Force Format 2:
Surname
First name and middle initial
Social Security Number, followed by "AF" indicating branch of service.
Blood Group
Religion

U.S. Marine Corps:
Surname
First and middle initials,blood group
Social Security Number with no dashes and no spaces
Branch ("USMC"),Gas Mask size (S-small, M-medium, L-large)
Religious preference (or "NO PREFERENCE") or medical allergy if red medical tag.

U.S. Navy:
Surname, first name, middle initial
Social Security Number with no dashes or spaces followed immediately by "USN", space, blood group
"blank"
Religion (or "NORELPREF" if none)

U.S. Army:
Surname
First name, middle initial
Social Security Number
Blood type
Religion

U.S.Coast Guard:
Surname, first name, middle initial
Social Security Number with no dashes or spaces followed immediately by branch
blood group
"blank"
Religion
Recently, the U.S. Army stopped using the term "Dog tags", replacing it with "I.D tags".

US Forces are also permitted to wear a small religious medallion, usually provided for them, on the smaller chain (e.g. a Cross or Star of David). This provides a quick, easily identifiable reference for a chaplain should his services be required.
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Thought we put this dog to rest already.
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i thought i add a lil more info incase something else came up.
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Thank you for the additional insight, Aric :) I don't have any military people in my family, so I'm pretty lost when it comes to things like that. But yeah--it was pretty obvious that was a SSN#.
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