Serviceman

Cobb

815th

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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: 38221005
Rank: Pfc (19 October 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

3 entries, first 15 December 1943, last 19 October 1944; grades seen: Pfc. 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.

1943-12-15 815th: Pvt8 74 0100 2 days AWOL to dy
1944-10-08 815th: Pic Rd to gr of pvt, 2 Sep 44
1944-10-19 815th: Above 7 EM fr dy to TD at San Spirito Rest Camp

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 61, roll 572483765 p. 3406, roll 572483765 p. 3423

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