Serviceman
Benitez
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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
- 39262171
- Rank
- Pvt (12 October 1943), Pvt (31 October 1943), Pvt (16 November 1943), Pfc (3 February 1944), Pfc (14 August 1944), Pfc (26 October 1944), Pfc (2 November 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
7 entries, first 12 October 1943, last 2 November 1944; grades seen: Pfc, Pvt. 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.
- 1943-10-31 817th: 11137375/ authorized 10 day delay enroute MacDih Fid, Florida
- 1943-10-12 HQ: 1 trfd to 817th Sq.
- 1943-11-16 817th: fr 10 day delay enroute to duty
- 1944-02-03 817th: fr hosp to duty
- 1944-08-14 817th: fr hosp (ID) to duty
- 1944-10-26 817th: Above 11 Os 10 EM fr duty to DS Rest Camp Rome
- 1944-11-02 817th: above 10 EM fr DS Rest Camp Rome to duty 39252758 Fritz Harry 0 Cal Fr duty to hosp (NID AR 35-1440) 1 Nov 61st Stat
National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 585, roll 453519128 p. 757, roll 456415616 p. 800, roll 463205991 p. 708, roll 566192358 p. 2427, roll 572487240 p. 485, roll 576472397 p. 3583
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