Serviceman

Aeschbacher

817th

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Known so far only from the squadron morning reports: a surname, an Army serial number and the clerk's spelling. A roster name has not yet been matched to him.

Army serial number: 35396652
Rank: Sgt (7 November 1943), Sgt (26 November 1943), T/Sgt (19 April 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

4 entries, first 7 November 1943, last 19 April 1944; grades seen: Sgt, T/Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

1943-11-07 817th: 1st Sgt
1943-11-26 817th: fr duty to fur 24 Nov (11 das).
1943-12-06 817th: 31.600669 Danner Renald R (501) Pvt FLD o & CAPT
1944-04-19 817th: OFFICER FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT 22 LT

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 788, roll 456415616 p. 816, roll 458053820 p. 186, roll 469122525 p. 147

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