Serviceman

Bilodeau

815thHQ

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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: 32486226
Rank: Pvt (11 January 1944), Pvt (14 January 1944), Pvt (15 July 1944), Pvt (20 July 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

5 entries, first 26 November 1943, last 20 July 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.

1943-11-26 HQ: Pvt 8-20
1944-01-11 815th: Trfd fr Hg to 815th Bomb Sq this Gp OFFICERS PRESENT AND ABSENT GEN o COL
1944-01-14 815th: fr absent with body of EM Calif to dy
1944-07-15 815th: Fr dy to DS with Hq Sq 5th Wg. 12 0 & 18 EM asgd and jd fr 5th Wg. See 0 atchd (par 5). OFFICER
1944-07-20 815th: Fr DS to trfd to Hq 5th Wg

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 694, roll 461010974 p. 647, roll 461010974 p. 702, roll 481431546 p. 166, roll 481431546 p. 175

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