Serviceman

Clarence Burnett

840thHQ

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Army serial number: 19161383
Rank: Cpl (5 August 1944), Cpl (10 August 1944), Sgt (11 August 1944), Sgt (6 September 1944), Sgt (5 October 1944), S/Sgt (12 October 1944), SSGT (17 December 1944)
Hometown: BENTON WA; Renton, WA
In the book: Heroes of the 483rd, p. 120
Sources: 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org

Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 19161383); verify

Crews

Robert J. Kavanagh Crew · 840th

Awards

Date	Award	General order	Rank then
17 December 1944	Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster	5042	SSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

7 entries, first 5 August 1944, last 12 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl, S/Sgt, 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.

1944-08-05 840th: 52 Dy to hosp (LD).
1944-08-10 840th: Prom to gr of Sgt per Par 4, SO 156 Hq 484th Bomb Gp (pathfinder), dtd 1 Aug Ws.
1944-08-11 840th: Pfe Hosp to dy. / OFFICER
1944-09-06 840th: I/Sgt
1944-09-27 840th: Set 52 Dy to hosp (ID), 61st Station Hospital. OFFICER
1944-10-05 840th: Above 4 EM atchd to this org fr Gp Hq are prom to gr of S/SEt per Par 3, SO 203, Hq 483d Borb Go (H), APO 520, dtd 1 Oct We. OFFICER
1944-10-12 HQ: 3 Hosp to dy. OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT

National Archives pages: roll 566195336 p. 1797, roll 566195336 p. 1804, roll 566195336 p. 1807, roll 570165454 p. 2623, roll 570165454 p. 2654, roll 572487240 p. 2516, roll 572487240 p. 2529

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