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Medical Warning Tags

The Medical Warning Tag is made of aluminum of bright red color the size and shape of the Army Identification Tag.  It serves as a means of rapid recognition of selected health problems when records are not available and the individual requiring medical treatment is unable to give a medical history.  (For example, when an unconscious soldier has had a reaction to penicillin in the past, circumstances might lead a person rendering medical treatment to administer penicillin unless knowledge of the allergy is available.)

Stamped Out is one of only two known suppliers of Medical Warning Tags to non-military persons.  To purchase a Medical Warning Tag, please go to Stamped Out's catalog here.

From all the research that Stamped Out has done, it appears that the Medical Warning Tag made its debut in August 1968.  It has been assigned a National Stock Number (NSN) of 6530-00-142-8775.

These are the documents that pertain to Medical Warning Tags and Identification Tags (dog tags).

Document name Date PDF Available
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Army Regulation AR 40-15
Medical Services - Medical Warning Tag and Emergency Medical Identification Symbol		 24 March 1975 2289KB
Army Regulation AR 40-15 Change 1 27 August 1975 See above
Army Regulation AR 40-66
Medical Services - Medical Record Administration and Health Care Documentation		 3 May 1999 1023KB
Army Regulation AR 40-66
Medical Services - Medical Record Administration and Health Care Documentation		 20 July 2004 2463KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5
Identification Cards, Tags, and Badges		 February 1956
Army Regulation AR 606-5 July 1957
Army Regulation AR 606-5 8 July 1959
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 1 12 May 1960
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 3 12 May 1961
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 4 31 January 1961
Army Regulation AR 606-5
Personnel Identification - Identification Cards, Tags, and Badges		 15 November 1962
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 1 20 June 1963
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 3 7 January 1964
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 4 August 1964
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 5 22 March 1965
Army Regulation AR 606-5
Personnel Identification - Identification Cards, Tags, and Badges		 15 February 1967 3702KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 1 16 August 1968 172KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 2 14 March 1968 264KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 3 12 April 1968 133KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 4 24 January 1969 294KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 5 23 October 1970 705KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 6 8 November 1971 343KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 7 21 August 1972 440KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 8 1 December 1972 279KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 9 23 July 1974 1065KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 10 27 August 1975 978KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 Change 11 8 March 1976 1685KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 IC I01 19 June 1979 1637KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 IC I02 3 August 1979 930KB
Army Regulation AR 606-5 IC I03 11 February 1980 2412KB
Army Regulation AR 640-3 15 May 1980
Army Regulation AR 640-3
Personnel Identification - Identification Cards, Tags, and Badges		 15 April 1981

 

More dog tag information:
Civil War Tags
Spanish American War Tags
WWI Tags
WWII Tags
Korean Era Tags
Vietnam Era Tags
Current Issue Tags
Tags of the Future?
Medical Warning Tags

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