Serviceman

Walter C. Allen

817th

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Army serial number: 0694290
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 81
Sources: heroes-book, morning-report

Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 0694290); verify another record shares the name Allen, Walter C. (units 817th, 840th, 817th, serials 0694290, 0341039); may be the same man

Crews

John Jay Gorman Commanding Officer · 817th

Morning reports

4 entries, first 24 June 1944, last 26 October 1944. 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.

1944-06-24 817th: 2Lt asgd jd fr 5th Wg (US) 16 Jun 44
1944-06-24 817th: 2Lt ATCHD jd fr 5th We (US) 16 Jun We FLD 0 a CAPT IST LT
1944-07-30 817th: 2.Lt
1944-10-26 817th: 1 It

National Archives pages: roll 478081728 p. 901, roll 481431546 p. 834, roll 572487240 p. 485

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