Serviceman
Harry R. Cater
840thmissing in action
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- Army serial number
- 32938465
- Rank
- S/Sgt (21 October 1944), S/Sgt (28 October 1944)
- Sources
- macr-crew, morning-report
Flags. known only from an OCR crew list; name may be misread
Aboard a lost aircraft
- MACR 10730 · 42-97585 · 25 December 1944 · mission 141, 25 December 1944 · MIA
Morning reports
2 entries, first 21 October 1944, last 28 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.
- 1944-10-21 840th: Above 4 0's & 10 EM fr dy to Rome Rest Camp per Par 9, SO 223, Hq 483rd Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 21 Oct W. OFFICER
- 1944-10-28 840th: Above 3 O's & 8 EM fr TD Rome Rest Camp to dy.
National Archives pages: roll 572487240 p. 2549, roll 572487240 p. 2558
Statements, mentions and histories
- 29 more statements from MACR 10730 are on the loss record.
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