Serviceman

Bennett

817th

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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: 34350956
Rank: Pvt (22 December 1943), Pvt (1 January 1944), Pvt (23 January 1944), Pvt (1 February 1944), Pvt (20 February 1944), Pvt (2 May 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

7 entries, first 22 December 1943, last 3 May 1944; grades seen: 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.

1943-12-22 817th: fr dy to Hosp as of 21 Dec OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT IST LT
1944-01-01 817th: Fr Heap (NLD 35-1440) to dy
1944-01-23 817th: fr duty to fur (9 das ) .
1944-02-01 817th: fr fur (9 das) to duty E OFFICER FLD o a CAPT
1944-02-20 817th: fr fur (6 das) to duty
1944-05-02 817th: J trfd to 97th B Gp APO 520 Italy
1944-05-03 817th: Put J trfd to 97th B Gp AFO 520 Italy

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 222, roll 461010974 p. 796, roll 461010974 p. 837, roll 463205991 p. 696, roll 463205991 p. 726, roll 474638098 p. 252, roll 474639099 p. 67

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