Serviceman

John Brown

817th816th

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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: 17110662
Rank: S/Sgt (17 September 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name another record shares the name Brown, John (units 816th, 817th, 817th, 816th, 817th, serials None, 34770663, 17110662, 18116602); may be the same man

Morning reports

4 entries, first 19 July 1944, last 25 October 1944; grades seen: 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.

1944-07-19 816th: Sgt Norman Asho
1944-07-19 817th: Sgt Norman Asho
1944-09-17 817th: fr duty (IDO to hosp-Rome. 10 Sept
1944-10-25 817th: I/Sgt 52 fr duty to hosp (ID) 61st Stat

National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 381, roll 481432547 p. 158, roll 570165454 p. 482, roll 572487240 p. 484

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