Serviceman

Chandler

815thHQ

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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: 31346095
Rank: Pvt (20 January 1944), Pvt (28 April 1944), Pvt (27 May 1944), Pvt (29 May 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

6 entries, first 30 December 1943, last 10 June 1944; grades seen: Pvt. 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.

1943-12-30 HQ: Pvt 1c18-03 reduced to Pvt per par 7 SO # 62 this Gp dtd and eff 30 Dec 1943
1944-01-20 815th: Dy to fur ( 33 days )
1944-04-28 815th: 52 Fr dy to sk LD in 4th Fld Hosp
1944-05-27 815th: J Trfd to Gp Hq
1944-05-29 815th: Trfd fr 815th Bomb Sq this Op to Go Hg 20 th May Wi. Duty: 521 OFFICERS PRESENT AND ABSENT GEN 0
1944-06-10 HQ: Pvt 21 Reclassified fi 911 to 521. Duty per MOS OFFICERS PRESENT AND ABSENT GEN o

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 96, roll 461010974 p. 711, roll 469121524 p. 706, roll 474605897 p. 29, roll 474637097 p. 811, roll 478037564 p. 220

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