Arthur J. Iacofano WWII Human Request Packet - 27 April 2026

Purpose

This packet is the current human-submit layer for HIR-20260423-025. Public agent-accessible NARA Catalog work has already produced the known Army serial number, Fort Bliss/Muroc/Camp Haan/90th Infantry/175th Infantry continuity extracts, and the targeted Company B Morning Report pages. The remaining work needs family papers, signed requests, staff-mediated archive searches, account-gated databases, or payment/authorization.

Repository guardrails:

  • Keep new artifacts as one source record per artifact.
  • Keep new records status: proposed until user acceptance.
  • Do not update 01_people/ from proposed military sources.
  • Do not edit existing files under 05_raw/; ingest received artifacts through scripts/ingest_record.py or scripts/media_library.py.

Current Identifier Packet

Use this block in every request:

Arthur J. Iacofano
Arthur Joe Iacofano
Arthur Iacofano
Variant spellings: Iaciofano; Iacofajo
Army serial number: 35066128
Born: 1 May 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Died: 22 January 1985
Spouse/contact clue: Mary Ricciardi / Mary Iacofano
Occupation clue: barber
AAD enlistment/selectee clue: Cleveland, Ohio, 14 June 1943
BIRLS/family entry-on-duty clue: 28 June 1943
Known WWII unit: Company B, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division
Known earlier 1944 unit: Company H, 90th Infantry, Camp Carson, Colorado
Reported discharge/release: 13 January 1946, Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania

Completed Public Lane This Pass

  • BIRLS.org/Reclaim The Records public search found BIRLS-7824680 for Arthur Joe Iacofano and this was ingested as 02_sources/source-va-birls-index-arthur-j-iacofano.md.
  • The BIRLS entry records Army service from 28 June 1943 to 13 January 1946, birth date 1 May 1922, and death date 22 January 1985.
  • It gives no Army serial number and no explicit VA claim/XC file locator beyond the BIRLS record id, so it is an index-level lead, not a replacement for OMPF, WD AGO Form 53-55, Selective Service, or hospital records.

Submit Next

1. Selective Service Form 1 And Form 102

Official reference: NARA St. Louis Selective Service Records

Send to stl.archives@nara.gov or the current NARA St. Louis request route.

Hello,

Please search the WWII-era Selective Service records for Arthur J. Iacofano of
Cleveland/Cuyahoga County, Ohio, born 1 May 1922 in Cleveland. Please include
alternate spellings Arthur Joe Iacofano, Arthur Iacofano, Iaciofano, and
Iacofajo. His Army serial number was 35066128; NARA AAD shows him as a married
barber/selectee from Cuyahoga County, enlisted at Cleveland on 14 June 1943.
BIRLS and family context give an entry-on-duty date of 28 June 1943.

Please provide both the SSS Form 1 draft registration card and the SSS Form 102
classification history if available. Residence clues include 2025 Random Rd,
Cleveland, and later 373 E 232d; spouse/contact clue Mary Ricciardi Iacofano.

If no record is found, please provide a written negative search response naming
the spellings, county/local-board scope, and date range searched.

Expected repo artifact: 02_sources/source-selective-service-record-arthur-j-iacofano-1942-1946.md or a dated NARA negative-response source.

2. Family-Held Discharge / WD AGO Form 53-55

Ask family for full scans before ordering around the record. This is likely the fastest way to verify discharge, last organization, MOS, campaigns, awards, and separation terms.

Could you please send uncropped, high-resolution scans or phone photos of every
side/page of Arthur J. Iacofano's WWII discharge papers?

The priority items are:

1. Any pre-discharge or separation form.
2. Honorable Discharge paper.
3. WD AGO Form 53-55 / Enlisted Record and Report of Separation, including the
   thumbprint/pay-data side and any reverse side.
4. Any orders, envelopes, medal cards, VA papers, county-recording receipts, or
   correspondence stored with the discharge papers.

Please include the whole page edge-to-edge, not just the center text. If there
are folds, backs, stamps, signatures, or handwritten notes, please photograph
those too.

Expected repo artifact: 02_sources/source-discharge-paper-arthur-j-iacofano-1946.md.

3. OMPF / Fire-Reconstructed File

Official reference: NARA OMPF Archival Requests

Submit eVetRecs/SF-180 or the current NARA archival OMPF request. Ask for the complete file, not an extract.

Please provide a complete copy of every page of the archival Official Military
Personnel File for Arthur J. Iacofano, U.S. Army serial number 35066128, not an
extract. If the OMPF was damaged or destroyed in the 1973 NPRC fire, please
provide the fire-related reconstructed file and identify all alternate sources
used, including final pay voucher, discharge/separation papers, WD AGO Form
53-55, assignment chronology, hospital extracts, awards, and separation orders.

Known details: Arthur Joe/J. Iacofano, born 1 May 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio;
entered through Cleveland in June 1943; Army branch; selectee/enlisted man;
known later unit Company B, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division;
release/discharge 13 January 1946 at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation,
Pennsylvania.

Expected repo artifact: 02_sources/source-ompf-arthur-j-iacofano-1943-1946.md or 02_sources/source-nara-negative-ompf-response-arthur-j-iacofano-2026.md.

4. Cuyahoga Recorded Discharge

Local reference: Cuyahoga County DD-214 information

Use only if the user qualifies under the county access rules or can work with an eligible family member.

Please search for any recorded military discharge, WD AGO Form 53-55, honorable
discharge, DD-214/equivalent, or separation paper for Arthur J. Iacofano /
Arthur Joe Iacofano, U.S. Army serial number 35066128. Expected discharge:
13 January 1946, Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania. Search
January 1946-December 1955 and include Iaciofano/Iacofajo variants.

5. Hospital / SGO Card

Search account-gated SGO hospital admission card collections by serial number first, then name variants. The key question is whether the November 1944 Morning Report NBC hospital/status entries correspond to a hospital admission.

Expected repo artifact: 02_sources/source-sgo-hospital-admission-card-arthur-j-iacofano-1944.md or a documented negative-search source/view note.

6. Morning Report Continuity And 29th Division Help

Official reference: NARA Morning Reports and Unit Rosters Access

Association lead: 29th Division Association Morning Reports

Ask for Company B, 175th Infantry Regiment pages from 20 September 1944 through 30 November 1944, and then December 1944-January 1945 if Arthur's post-drop/rejoin/separation trail remains unresolved.

I am researching Arthur J. Iacofano / Arthur Joe Iacofano, Army serial number
35066128. Known public NARA pages place him in Company B, 175th Infantry
Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, with entries on 28 September 1944 and
1/22/24 November 1944. Could you search or provide Company B Morning Report
pages from 20 September 1944 through 30 November 1944, and advise whether
December 1944-January 1945 pages show his return, reassignment, hospital status,
or drop/rejoin resolution?

7. Optional VA C-File FOIA

BIRLS.org found BIRLS-7824680. If the user wants to pursue the VA benefits file, submit through the BIRLS.org FOIA flow or a direct VA FOIA route using the BIRLS record id, full name, birth/death dates, branch, and service dates. Treat any VA response or file as a new source artifact.

Stop Rules

  • If an archive reports no record, save the written negative response as a source or view note instead of repeating the same request.
  • If NARA sends a certificate/extract only, follow up once for the complete file and all alternate-source worksheets.
  • Do not treat BIRLS, AAD, or the family narrative as a final substitute for WD AGO Form 53-55, OMPF/reconstruction, or Selective Service Form 102.