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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: 20446531
Rank: Cpl (28 September 1944), Cpl (12 October 1944), Cpl (19 October 1944), Cpl (24 October 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

4 entries, first 28 September 1944, last 24 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl. 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.

1944-09-28 840th: Dy to hosp (LD), 4th Field Hospital.
1944-10-19 840th: Dy to fur (5 days).
1944-10-24 840th: Fur to dy.
1944-10-12 HQ: 3 Hosp to dy, 11 Oct like

National Archives pages: roll 570165454 p. 2656, roll 572487240 p. 2529, roll 572487240 p. 2544, roll 572487240 p. 2553

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