Serviceman
Barbour
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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
- 32879081
- Rank
- Pfc (29 November 1943), Pfc (8 January 1944), Pfc (10 February 1944), Pfc (15 February 1944), Cpl (31 July 1944), Cpl (6 August 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
6 entries, first 29 November 1943, last 6 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pfc. 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.
- 1943-11-29 817th: 7 20
- 1944-01-08 817th: Fr dy to for (11 days) OFFICER FLD c è CAPT 1ST LT
- 1944-02-15 816th: trfd in gr to 875th Bomb Sq.
- 1944-02-10 817th: trfd to 816th Bomb Sq 483rd BG, This station
- 1944-07-31 815th: above 7 EM fr dy to TD at San Spirito Rest Camp. OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT
- 1944-08-06 815th: Above 7 EM fr TD at San Spirito Rest Camp to dy
National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 820, roll 461010974 p. 813, roll 463205991 p. 659, roll 463205991 p. 716, roll 481431546 p. 192, roll 566192358 p. 2183
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