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Hi:

Have any of you ever seen "AL PAPARELLI" stamped on a bayonet? The name is stamped in uncharacteristic type across the metal portion of the back of the handle of the bayonet. I'm wondering if it's the name of a veteran who might have brought it back. Or maybe the name of a dealer who sold them after the war. It's on a 42aSW. I did see that the "I" at the end of the stamping was made by an upside down "1". I'm puzzled by this mark... Any advice or insight would be helpful. Thanks!

post a pic..sounds interesting!

Here's the photo. Any ideas?

Looks like the vet`s doing.

That's what I'm thinking. How much does it hurt value? Any idea? It's on a 42aSW that has lost a lot of bluing, but has matching numbers and is in otherwise good condition... Just curious.

For some reason Al took the time to put this on the bayonet...wonder if this is his son? Now if the bayonet could talk!

http://www.facebook.com/people/Al-Paparelli/554570754

Did it come out of the Detroit area?

Field Title Value Meaning
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 16111989 16111989
NAME PAPARELLI#ALFRED######## PAPARELLI#ALFRED########
RESIDENCE: STATE 62 MICHIGAN
RESIDENCE: COUNTY 163 WAYNE
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT 6228 DETROIT MICHIGAN
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY 15 15
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH 10 10
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR 42 42
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION PVT# Private
GRADE: CODE 8 Private
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION CAV Cavalry
BRANCH: CODE 93 Cavalry
FIELD USE AS DESIRED # #
TERM OF ENLISTMENT 5 Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
LONGEVITY ### ###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL 0 Civil Life
NATIVITY 62 MICHIGAN
YEAR OF BIRTH 23 23
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP 1 White, citizen
EDUCATION 2 2 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION 105 Clerks, general office
MARITAL STATUS 6 Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY 6 Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal Service; Officers appointed in the Army of the United States under Army Regulations 605-10
CARD NUMBER # #
BOX NUMBER 0221 0221
FILM REEL NUMBER 2.78# 2.78#

Thanks for the information. I think this is the guy. The bayonet is out of S.E. Michigan...

Dwight,

How did you find this info so quickly? I was recently trying to research a friend's father and ran into all sorts of road blocks.

Thanks, Lance

Lance, The National Archives has digitized several million U.S. Army enlistment records from World War II. It's located here:

http://aad.archives.gov/aad/fi...tf=F&cat=WR26&bc=,sl

It's not totally complete, but it's invaluable when doing research.

Awesome detective work. Doesn't the son bear a resemblance to Harvey Keitel?

The AL PAPARELLI arried in the mail today and I was very pleased. The finish on the scabbard is 100 percent with one ding. The hilt and pommel show wear but the wood is good as are the screws. It has two Waffen amps on the pommel and one on the nob on the scabbard. The numbers match and look great. The stamping is awesome (This is my first matching No. bayo, so I'm pretty proud). The blade has been polished to the point where almost all the original bluing is gone, that's the rough part, but I knew that going in. Now if I can just get some more provenance. I'm working on that. Thanks everybody for the help and advice!