Arthur J. Iacofano WWII Source Acquisition Plan - 24 April 2026

Scope And Anchors

This plan expands the Arthur J. Iacofano World War II primary-record lane after the NARA AAD serial-number match for 35066128. It is an acquisition packet, not a person-record update.

• Do not update 01_people/ from any proposed military source.
• New source records stay status: proposed until the user accepts them.
• Tony Iacofano's 2021 WWII narrative remains a secondary roadmap unless the embedded images are later supplied as standalone artifacts.
• One received artifact equals one source record, even when multiple artifacts document the same service event.

Current repo anchors:

Record Identifiers

Use these exact identifiers in every archive request:

• Name: Arthur J. Iacofano; alternate request names Arthur Joe Iacofano, Arthur Iacofano, Arthur J Iacofano.
• Known variant/transcription spellings: Iacofajo, Iaciofano.
• Army serial number: 35066128.
• AAD record id: 5432145.
• AAD file unit: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records).
• AAD series: World War II Army Enlistment Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946.
• Record group: RG 64, Records of the National Archives and Records Administration.
• AAD box and reel: box 0889, film reel 3.311.
• Enlistment/selectee place and date from AAD: Cleveland, Ohio, 14 June 1943.
• Tony narrative entry date: 28 June 1943; preserve as a possible active-duty or induction distinction until a primary record explains it.
• Birth: about 1 May 1922, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
• Spouse: Mary Ricciardi / Mary Iacofano.
• Reported unit: Company B, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.
• Reported discharge: 13 January 1946, Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania.

Request Packets

1. OMPF Or Fire-Reconstructed File

Expected repository: National Personnel Records Center / National Archives at St. Louis.

Primary route: eVetRecs or SF-180. Mail SF-180 or signed request to:

National Personnel Records Center
1 Archives Drive
St. Louis, MO 63138

Fax route: 314-801-9195.

Request form values:

Veteran name used during service: Iacofano, Arthur J.
Alternate names/spellings: Arthur Joe Iacofano; Arthur Iacofano; Iacofajo; Iaciofano
Service number: 35066128
Branch: U.S. Army
Component/status: Selectee, enlisted man, Private
Date of birth: about 1 May 1922
Place of birth: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Dates of service: June 1943 to 13 January 1946
Place of entry: Cleveland, Ohio
Place of discharge: Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania
Last assigned or known unit: Company B, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division
Home/residence: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; 2025 Random Rd if local-board detail is needed
Spouse/next of kin clue: Mary Ricciardi Iacofano
Purpose: Genealogy and family-history research; archival OMPF request

Copy-ready request text:

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. If the
original OMPF was damaged or destroyed in the 1973 NPRC fire, please provide
the fire-related reconstructed file and identify the alternate sources used.

Please include separation/discharge papers, WD AGO Form 53-55 or equivalent,
discharge orders, final pay or mustering-out pay records, assignment or service
chronology, awards and decorations documentation, medical or hospital extracts,
and any certificate of military service or reconstruction certificate.

The request is anchored by NARA AAD record id 5432145, RG 64 Army Serial Number
Merged File, box 0889, film reel 3.311, which identifies Arthur J. Iacofano,
serial 35066128, as a married barber/selectee from Cuyahoga County, Ohio,
enlisted at Cleveland on 14 June 1943.

Expected outcome:

• Full OMPF, partial/reconstructed file, certificate of military service, or negative/fire response.
• If NARA sends only an extract, send a follow-up requesting the remaining pages and cite the previous request number.

2. WWII Draft Card And Classification Ledger

Expected repository: NARA St. Louis, RG 147 Selective Service Records; scanned draft cards may also appear in Ancestry collection 2238.

First action:

• Search Ancestry collection 2238 for Arthur Iacofano, Arthur J Iacofano, Arthur Joe Iacofano, Iaciofano, and Iacofajo; constrain to Ohio only after broad searches.
• If found, download the image and citation page or record details as one artifact.

If not found, submit the NARA Selective Service request form to stl.archives@nara.gov or mail:

National Archives & Records Administration
National Archives - St. Louis
ATTN: RRPOR
P.O. Box 38757
St. Louis, MO 63138-0757

Request form values:

Registrant: Arthur J. Iacofano
Alternate names/spellings: Arthur Joe Iacofano; Arthur Iacofano; Iaciofano; Iacofajo
Date/place of birth: about 1 May 1922, Cleveland, Ohio
Residence/local board: Cleveland or Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Address clues: 2025 Random Rd; later 373 E 232d
Occupation clue: barber
Spouse/contact clue: Mary Ricciardi Iacofano
Known Army serial: 35066128
Registration cohort: WWII registrants born 17 February 1897 through 31 July 1927
Likely registration: around 30 June 1942, but search all WWII young-men cards
Requested records: SSS Form 1 draft registration card and SSS Form 102 classification history

Copy-ready email:

Hello,

Please search the WWII-era Selective Service records for Arthur J. Iacofano of
Cleveland/Cuyahoga County, Ohio, born about 1 May 1922 in Cleveland. Please
include alternate spellings Arthur Joe Iacofano, Arthur Iacofano, Iaciofano,
and Iacofajo. His later Army serial number was 35066128; NARA AAD shows him as
a married barber/selectee from Cuyahoga County, enlisted at Cleveland on
14 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 outcome:

• SSS Form 1 image, SSS Form 102 image/ledger extract, or written negative.
• The classification ledger is the preferred source for induction/order dates if 14 June 1943 and 28 June 1943 conflict.

3. Family-Held WD AGO And Discharge Papers

Expected repository: family-held papers, likely Tony Iacofano or family archive.

Copy-ready family request:

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. Pre-discharge form shown around page 65 of Tony's WWII narrative.
2. Honorable Discharge paper shown around page 66.
3. WD AGO Form 53-55 / Enlisted Record and Report of Separation shown around
   page 67, including the thumbprint/pay-data side and any reverse side.
4. Any orders, envelopes, medal cards, VA papers, or county-recording receipts
   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 facts to verify:

• Discharge date and place: 13 January 1946, Indiantown Gap.
• Organization at separation: Company B, 175th Infantry Regiment.
• MOS/training: anti-aircraft artillery, gun crewman/light artillery, infantry MOS 745, or other as-recorded values.
• Awards: Marksman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one bronze service star, lapel button.
• Reason for discharge: demobilization.

4. Company B Morning Reports, September-November 1944

Expected repository: NARA St. Louis Archival Research Room, an independent researcher at St. Louis, or 29th Division Association member materials.

Access rule:

• NARA archival Army Morning Reports for this period are not handled by written mail-copy requests. Use an in-person St. Louis visit or hire an independent researcher.

Exact unit:

Company B, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division
Context only: 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment

Preferred pull:

All Company B, 175th Infantry Regiment Morning Report pages from
20 September 1944 through 30 November 1944.

Budget pull if cost constrained:

19-30 September 1944: replacement depot to duty / effective duty entry.
1-5 November 1944: hospital NBC effective 1 November.
16-26 November 1944: Bettendorf, Goldstein/Gallego KIA context, NBC, dropped from rolls.
1-31 October 1944: optional continuity/station pull if the full preferred pull is not ordered.

Required image criteria:

• Full-page images, not cropped snippets.
• Date, organization/unit heading, station/location, morning-report body, remarks, and adjacent lines visible.
• Include pages for adjacent names around Arthur's entry where present.
• Preserve misspelling Iacofajo exactly when the report uses it.

Copy-ready researcher request:

Please search and photograph/scans the archival Army Morning Reports for Company
B, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, September-November 1944, for
Arthur J. Iacofano / Iacofajo, Army serial number 35066128.

Preferred pull: every Company B page from 20 September 1944 through
30 November 1944. If that is too large, please quote the budget pull:
19-30 September, 1-5 November, 16-26 November, and optionally all October 1944.

Known entries from a family narrative to verify:
- 28 September 1944: Iacofajo Arthur J, 35066128, Pvt B175, from replacement
  depot to duty effective 20 September.
- 2 November 1944: Iacofano Arthur J, 35066128, Pvt B175, from duty to hospital
  NBC effective 1 November.
- 23 November 1944: from duty to hospital NBC effective 22 November.
- 24 November 1944: from hospital NBC to dropped from rolls.
- 25 November 1944: possible correction/return entry tied to 1 November.

Please capture full pages with date, unit heading, station, remarks, and
adjacent names, not just cropped lines.

5. Hospital / NBC Admission Evidence

Expected repositories:

• Fold3 or Ancestry collection U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954.
• NARA SGO Hospital Admission Card Files, RG 112, NAID 570973, NN3-112-95-001.

First action:

Search Fold3/Ancestry by service number 35066128.
Also search name fields only as a secondary convenience, because SGO cards are
identified by service number rather than original name.

NARA lookup request:

Please search the U.S. Army Surgeon General's Office Hospital Admission Card
Files, 1942-1954, RG 112, NAID 570973, NN3-112-95-001, for Army serial number
35066128, Arthur J. Iacofano.

Expected admission window: November 1944, with Morning Report clues indicating
hospital NBC effective 1 November 1944 and/or 22 November 1944. Expected rank:
Private/enlisted man. Expected branch/unit context: Infantry, Company B,
175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. Expected age: about 22.

Please provide all matching data fields, public-use code translations, any
masked/withheld field indicators, admission/discharge month or date, final
result/disposition, hospital or theater code, diagnosis and causative-agent
codes if releasable, and a written negative if no match is located.

Interpretation rules:

• NBC means Non-Battle Casualty unless a primary source says otherwise.
• Do not infer trench foot, battle fatigue, self-inflicted wound, or any diagnosis from Tony's narrative alone.
• A negative SGO search does not disprove hospitalization because the file is a sampled/statistical data series.

6. County-Recorded Discharge

Expected repository: Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office, Transfer and Recording Division.

Contact/address:

Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office
Transfer and Recording Division
2079 E 9th Street, #4-100
Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: 216-443-7420

Search scope:

Names: Arthur J. Iacofano; Arthur Joe Iacofano; Arthur Iacofano; Iaciofano; Iacofajo
Serial number: 35066128
Branch: U.S. Army
Discharge date: 13 January 1946
Recording window: January 1946 through December 1955
Residence clues: Cleveland/Cuyahoga County; later Euclid, 373 E 232d
Document types: military discharge, DD-214, WD AGO Form 53-55, separation paper

Copy-ready request:

Hello,

Please search for any county-recorded military discharge, DD-214, WD AGO Form
53-55, or equivalent separation paper for Arthur J. Iacofano / Arthur Joe
Iacofano, U.S. Army serial number 35066128. Please include variant spellings
Iaciofano and Iacofajo. The expected discharge date is 13 January 1946 from
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania.

Please search the recording period January 1946 through December 1955. Arthur
was a Cuyahoga County resident before service and later lived in Euclid. If a
record exists, please advise what authorization or next-of-kin proof is required
for a certified copy. If no record exists or access is restricted, please send
a written response stating the search terms and recording window searched.

7. 29th Division Association / 29th Materials

Expected repository: 29th Division Association member-restricted Morning Reports and association/archive materials.

Contact:

29div@29div.com

Copy-ready email:

Hello,

I am researching Arthur J. Iacofano, U.S. Army serial number 35066128, reported
in family materials as a Private in Company B, 175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division, from about 20 September 1944 until late November 1944.

Could you advise whether the Association's WWII Morning Report resource or
other 29th/175th materials can confirm or provide citations/images for these
entries?

- Arthur J. Iacofano / Iacofajo, ASN 35066128.
- Company B, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division.
- Search window: 20 September 1944 through 30 November 1944.
- Specific expected entries: replacement depot to duty effective 20 September;
  hospital NBC effective 1 November; hospital NBC effective 22 November; dropped
  from rolls around 24 November.

I am also interested in the provenance of the Morning Report dataset, any
Company B or 175th rosters, relevant 29er newsletter mentions, 175th unit
history excerpts, and any post-24 November 1944 POW-guard or temporary-duty
context for Arthur.

Please let me know whether dues-paying membership is required to access or cite
the material, and what citation details should be preserved.

Authority rule:

• Treat Association summaries, indexes, and emails as secondary unless they include clear images/citations of the underlying Morning Report or archival record.

Conflict Handling Rules

• Primary scanned forms and full Morning Report pages outrank AAD and Tony's narrative for the same fact.
• The AAD serial-number record outranks Tony's narrative for enlistment-index facts, but it does not prove unit service, hospital history, or discharge.
• Tony's narrative remains a roadmap for where to search and what to compare, especially where it admits reconstructed/speculative battlefield narrative.
• Preserve 14 June 1943 and 28 June 1943 as separate administrative-date possibilities until draft, classification, OMPF, or discharge records explain them.
• Preserve the as-recorded Iacofajo spelling when it appears on Morning Reports; link it to Arthur only through matching serial number 35066128.
• WD AGO last organization at discharge is not proof of continuous Company B service; use Morning Reports to prove presence windows.
• Do not infer diagnosis from NBC; record only what the primary source states.
• Do not create a 01_people/ update or accepted fact from a proposed military source.
• Create event records only when a primary document states a concrete dated event. Do not create events from index-only AAD/Hospital hits unless repo policy is intentionally expanded.

Repo Ingestion Steps

For every received artifact or official negative response:

1. Run python3 scripts/agent_preflight.py.
2. Check 02_sources/INDEX.md for duplicate title, serial number, AAD/Fold3 identifier, image group number, or received filename.
3. Ingest the artifact through scripts/ingest_record.py; do not copy into or edit 05_raw/ manually.
4. Create or normalize one 02_sources/ record with status: proposed.
5. Use source type military_service_index for AAD, Fold3/Ancestry SGO, or index-only data; military_record for OMPF, WD AGO, discharge, Morning Report, or primary military images; letter or military_record for official negative responses.
6. Preserve as-recorded names, units, dates, and abbreviations in extracted_facts or transcription_notes.
7. Add citation/provenance details: repository, record group, series, request number, archive response date, image/page numbers, and access/membership conditions.
8. Create a proposed event only for primary documents with concrete dated events; skip index-only sources.
9. Update human-input-required-next-steps if any request remains blocked by archive staff, membership, payment, account access, next-of-kin authorization, or family-paper review.
10. Run python3 scripts/build_indexes.py and python3 scripts/validate_records.py.

Official Reference URLs

• NARA OMPF archival requests: https://www.archives.gov/personnel-records-center/military-personnel/ompf-archival-requests
• NARA military service records and separation documents: https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/about-service-records
• NARA Selective Service records: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/selective-service
• NARA Morning Reports access: https://www.archives.gov/personnel-records-center/military-personnel/morning-reports-and-unit-rosters
• NARA St. Louis finding aids and non-OMPF records: https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/finding-aids
• NARA SGO Hospital Admission Card Files documentation: https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-112/HOSAD/480_1DP.pdf
• Cuyahoga County DD-214 page: https://cuyahogacounty.gov/fiscal-officer/departments/recorded-documents/dd-214
• 29th Division Association Morning Reports: https://29thdivisionassociation.com/morning-reports/