Serviceman
Milton M Aho
817th816th
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- Army serial number
- 36460940
- Rank
- Sgt (30 July 1944), SGT (5 August 1944), Sgt (18 August 1944), SSGT (1 October 1944), T/Sgt (22 November 1944)
- Hometown
- NEWBERRY MI
- Also written
- Milton Aho
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 173, 218
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 36460940); verify
Crews
- Robert A. Olson Crew · 817th
- Russell H. Simons Crew · 817th
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1944 | Air Medal | 2321 | SGT |
| 1 October 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 3742 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
5 entries, first 19 July 1944, last 22 November 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.
- 1944-07-19 816th: Sgt Elwin R Baird
- 1944-07-19 817th: Sgt Elwin R Baird
- 1944-07-30 817th: INA not hosp
- 1944-08-18 817th: LWA not hosp One S/Sgt aptd T/Sgt Twenty one Sgt aptd S/Sgt All aptd per atchd so 158 Hq 483 BG 16 Aug 44
- 1944-11-22 817th: Shindledecker Arthur E 612 S/Sgt Above 5 Os 11 EM relvd fr asget and asgd to Repl Depot 7 per auth: Ltr:Subj: Orders: 15 AF dtd 18 November We
National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 381, roll 481431546 p. 834, roll 481432547 p. 158, roll 566192358 p. 2435, roll 576472397 p. 3610
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