WWII US Army 817th Tank Destroyer Battalion Ike Jacket Uniform & Dog Tags. Army 817th Tank Destroyer Battalion "Ike Jacket" Uniform & Dog Tags: Personnel Identification Disc "Dog Tag" to Ralph J. Damcott T-43 who was Ralph John Damcott b. 31 May 1917 - d. 12 Aug 1988 of Clymer, New York. Then Staff Sergeant Damcott Served with the 817th Tank Destroyer Battalion in the European Theater of Operations, was given a field promotion to 2nd Lieutenant before returning from Europe, and Subsequently Served in the Korean War with a Military Police Company of the 25th Infantry ...