Dog Tag shaped with cut out bottle opener area, brass colored coin, 2 11/16 inches high x 1 7/16 inches wide. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • Texas Army National Guard
  • 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
  • 2nd Battalion 142nd Infantry Regiment
  • "B" Company
Location
Coin Location: 20A12
Homebase: Arlington, Texas
Deployment: England
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 19 September 2009
Donated by: Paul Maldonado
Copies: 1 of 1

C001426

Location: 20A12 Height: 2.69

Bottle Opener: CSM / SGM / 1Sgt

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Narrative

Dog Tag shaped with cut out bottle opener area, brass colored coin, 2 11/16 inches high x 1 7/16 inches wide.

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Journal - Page 35 - Line 14

This 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment coin celebrates the exploits of the 4th Texas Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The 4th Texas was one of 3 regiments in the Texas Brigade of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. During its existence, 1,343 men were assigned to the 4th Texas Infantry. Of that number, 256 (19%) were killed or mortally wounded in battle. Another 468 (35.9%) were wounded, many more than once, for the total number of wounds suffered by theRegiment in four years of fighting amounted to 606. One of the early commanders of the 4th Texas was COL John D. Hood, for which Fort Hood, Texas was named.