Serviceman
Henry A Childers
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- Army serial number
- 13115263
- Rank
- Cpl (1 December 1943), Sgt (4 July 1944), s/Sgt (7 July 1944), S/Sgt (30 September 1944), SSGT (4 February 1945)
- Hometown
- Catlettsburg KY
- Also written
- Henry Childers
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 February 1945 | Bronze Star | 491 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
9 entries, first 1 December 1943, last 11 November 1944; grades seen: Cpl, S/Sgt, Sgt, 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.
- 1943-12-01 HQ: is 20
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Samuel Cohen
- 1944-02-28 HQ: Samuel Cohen
- 1944-06-16 840th: Set 52 Dy to hosp. OFFICER
- 1944-07-04 840th: Set
- 1944-07-07 840th: 11000 to w 7 Jul We
- 1944-09-30 840th: Above 4 O's & 5 EM fr TD Capri Rest Camp to dy.
- 1944-11-06 840th: S/Set
- 1944-11-11 HQ: S/Set
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 239, roll 466076292 p. 285, roll 466076292 p. 361, roll 478083643 p. 30, roll 481433713 p. 478, roll 481433713 p. 487, roll 570165454 p. 2660, roll 576476048 p. 1309, roll 576476048 p. 1320
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