Serviceman

Rocco Azzolina

817th

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Army serial number: 36050269
Rank: CPL (14 September 1944), SSGT (20 October 1944), SSGT (16 January 1945), SSGT (7 March 1945)
Hometown: Rochester NY; ROCHESTER NY; Rochester, NY
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 62
Sources: 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 36050269); verify another record shares the name Azzolina, Rocco (units 817th, 817th, serials 36050269, 32938539); may be the same man

Crews

Edward Fenfert Crew · 817th

Missions placed on him

mission 160, 16 February 1945 · Hall · The Edward Fenfert crew flew it, per its history in Heroes of the 483rd (p. 62)

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Awards

Date	Award	General order	Rank then
14 September 1944	Air Medal	3393	CPL
20 October 1944	Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster	4065	SSGT
16 January 1945	Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster	249	SSGT
7 March 1945	Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster	1183	SSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

2 entries, first 15 August 1944, last 25 November 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.

1944-08-15 817th: 612 Cpl
1944-11-25 817th: 748 I/Sgt

National Archives pages: roll 566192358 p. 2429, roll 576472397 p. 3614

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