20 July 2022

A Noble Fate

Dear Mr. McThag:
This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request dated July 16, 2022.  The request is for ownership history on a M1911A1 Caliber .45 Pistol serial number 1164935.

 
The following Information was found in the Department of Defense (DoD) Small Arms/Light Weapons Registry for a M1911A1, Pistol Caliber .45, Automatic, NSN: 1005-00-726-5655, Serial Number: 1164935. The records for this weapon are listed below in chronological order:

 1. March 21, 1975 The 200th Theater Army Materiel Management Center, 21st Theater Sustainment Command - Kaiserslautern, Germany registered the weapon into the DoD Small Arms/Light Weapons Registry.

 2. March 17, 1991 The 200th Theater Army Materiel Management Center, 21st Theater Sustainment Command - Kaiserslautern, Germany shipped the weapon to the 123rd Support Battalion, 1st Armored Division - Dexheim, Germany.

 3. March 18, 1991 The 123rd Support Battalion, 1st Armored Division - Dexheim, Germany received the weapon from the 200th Theater Army Materiel Management Center, 21st Theater Sustainment Command - Kaiserslautern, Germany.

 4. June 18, 1992 The 123rd Support Battalion, 1st Armored Division - Dexheim, Germany shipped the weapon to the 200th Theater Army Materiel Management Center, 21st Theater Sustainment Command - Kaiserslautern, Germany.

 5. July 13, 1992 The 200th Theater Army Materiel Management Center, 21st Theater Sustainment Command - Kaiserslautern, Germany received the weapon from the 123rd Support Battalion, 1st Armored Division - Dexheim, Germany.

 6. February 26, 1993 The 200th Theater Army Materiel Management Center, 21st Theater Sustainment Command - Kaiserslautern, Germany shipped the weapon to the Anniston Munitions Center - Anniston, Alabama. 

7. March 02, 1993 The Anniston Munitions Center - Anniston, Alabama received the weapon from the 200th Theater Army Materiel Management Center, 21st Theater Sustainment Command - Kaiserslautern, Germany.

8. September 26, 1994 The Anniston Munitions Center - Anniston, Alabama shipped the weapon outside the DoD, directed under grant aid or Foreign Military Sales, to the Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group, U.S. Embassy - Manila, Philippines.

It's interesting that it doesn't show up as being with 2-37 or 3-34 armor of 1st Infantry Div. (Fwd.) Böblingen, Germany for 1988 to 1990.

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