Serviceman

Gorman Bass

817th840thHQ

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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: 34708629
Rank: Sgt (25 July 1944), Sgt (28 July 1944), T/Sgt (22 November 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name another record shares the name Bass, Gorman (units 817th, 817th, 840th, HQ, serials None, 34708629); may be the same man

Morning reports

5 entries, first 11 June 1944, last 22 November 1944; grades seen: Sgt, T/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.

1944-06 840th: Sgt Bonnard D'Davis
1944-06-11 HQ: Set
1944-07-25 817th: Woody Burgess NM NM1 Sgt
1944-07-28 817th: fr DS Rest Camp Rome to duty OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT IST LT
1944-11-22 817th: Shindledecker Arthur E 612 S/Sgt Above 5 Os 11 EM relvd fr asget and asgd to Repl Depot 7 per auth: Ltr:Subj: Orders: 15 AF dtd 18 November We

National Archives pages: roll 478080727 p. 195, roll 478080727 p. 348, roll 481431546 p. 824, roll 481431546 p. 830, roll 576472397 p. 3610

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