Again maybe yes maybe no....When the truck was demilled. Taken out of military service all markings etc are to be removed. Sometimes it gets done and sometime it doesn't. Also the truck would have sat in the military junk yard (DRMO) until picked up by a state agency (fire dept, sherifs etc) or sold at auction. During its stay there someone from the army could have come by and needed the bridegeplate for their truck that was missing it and was allowed to remove it from the truck. Or it was removed by the unit who had the truck before they turned it in so that the plate could be used on another vehicle. Just a couple of possibilities. So maybe yes maybe no. If you want on on the truck put it on if you don't....don't.