Serviceman
Edward S Brown
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- Army serial number
- 11057202
- Rank
- Cpl (20 July 1944), T/Sgt (26 October 1944), TSGT (28 October 1944), T/Sgt (2 November 1944), TSGT (23 December 1944)
- Hometown
- Clinton MA; CLINTON MA; Badin, NC
- Also written
- Edward Brown
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 81, 190
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 11057202); verify
Crews
- John Jay Gorman Commanding Officer · 817th
- Maurice Raffel Crew, engineer · 817th
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 October 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 4224 | TSGT |
| 23 December 1944 | Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster | 5124 | TSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
4 entries, first 19 July 1944, last 2 November 1944; grades seen: Cpl, T/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.
- 1944-07-19 816th: Cpl Austin L Dichardson
- 1944-07-20 817th: Beck Donald A 757 S/Sgt
- 1944-10-26 817th: 3/Sgt
- 1944-11-02 817th: Kilinskas Francis À s/sot
National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 811, roll 481432547 p. 158, roll 572487240 p. 485, roll 576472397 p. 3583
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