Serviceman

Edward Boardman

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: 32316060
Rank: Cpl (25 January 1944), S/Sgt (13 August 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

3 entries, first 18 December 1943, last 13 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl, S/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.

1943-12-18 817th: Cpl 6 20
1944-01-25 HQ: Fr fur to dy (11 days)
1944-08-13 817th: Trfd to Repl Depot # 7APO 520

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 213, roll 461010974 p. 841, roll 566192358 p. 2425

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