Serviceman

Armstrong

840th817th

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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: 39905545
Rank: Cpl (10 August 1944), Sgt (6 September 1944), Sgt (5 October 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 10 August 1944, last 5 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

1944-08-10 840th: Prom to gr of Sgt per Par 4, SO 156 Hq 484th Bomb Gp (pathfinder), dtd 1 Aug Ws.
1944-09-06 840th: I/Sgt
1944-10-05 817th: H Jones (867) 3.56 4
1944-10-05 840th: Above 4 EM atchd to this org fr Gp Hq are prom to gr of S/SEt per Par 3, SO 203, Hq 483d Borb Go (H), APO 520, dtd 1 Oct We. OFFICER

National Archives pages: roll 566195336 p. 1804, roll 570165454 p. 2623, roll 572443860 p. 3771, roll 572487240 p. 2516

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