Serviceman

Defino Anthony

HQ840th

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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: 18132207
Rank: 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

3 entries, first 28 February 1944, last 19 April 1944; grades seen: 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.

1944-02-28 HQ: Anthony Defino
1944-02-28 HQ: Anthony Defino
1944-04-19 840th: Above EM fr dy to DS 99th Bomb Gp, APO 520, c/o PM, NYC, per VOCO. OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT

National Archives pages: roll 466076292 p. 285, roll 466076292 p. 361, roll 469123526 p. 717

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