Serviceman

Bland

817thHQ

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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: 18165980
Rank: Sgt (17 November 1943), Sgt (2 December 1943), Sgt (6 December 1943)
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 October 1943, last 6 December 1943; grades seen: 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.

1943-10-26 HQ: Pvt Robert W. Franks
1943-11-17 817th: 327.6637 Morache (555) Pfc. 382061,1,0
1943-11-28 817th: Set
1943-12-02 817th: fr duty to hosp 1 Dec
1943-12-06 817th: fr Hosp to dy

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 751, roll 456415616 p. 801, roll 456415616 p. 819, roll 458053820 p. 180, roll 458053820 p. 187

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