Serviceman
Merle L Cleveland
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- Army serial number
- 19006011
- Rank
- T/Sgt (26 January 1944), T/Sgt (29 January 1944), T/Sgt (18 April 1944), TSGT (18 July 1944), TSGT (15 May 1945)
- Hometown
- Lenore ID
- Also written
- Merle Cleveland
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 1944 | Air Medal | 1911 | TSGT |
| 15 May 1945 | Bronze Star | 3181 | TSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
3 entries, first 26 January 1944, last 18 April 1944; grades seen: T/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.
- 1944-01-26 815th: Pvt lcl above 2 EM fr 15 day fur to dy
- 1944-01-29 815th: above 3 EM trfd to 816th Bomb /347611965 (H) this Gr-duty as per MOS Rolling (060) G+H
- 1944-04-18 816th: 3-0 and 1 EM fr dy this sta to DS Foggia AAB, this Sqdn t.Auth VOCO.
National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 723, roll 461010974 p. 726, roll 469122525 p. 21
Photographs naming him
- Newsletter 201803, page 5 photograph · view at 15thaf.org
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