Serviceman

Benjamin Cohen

817thHQ

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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: 32877956
Rank: Pvt (2 April 1944), Pvt (23 July 1944), Pvt (27 July 1944), Pfc (16 November 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

5 entries, first 2 April 1944, last 16 November 1944; grades seen: Pfc, 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.

1944-04-02 HQ: fr dy to Hosp OFFICER FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT
1944-07-23 817th: 52 fr duty to hosp 4th Fld (LD) 21 Jul 44
1944-07-27 HQ: fr hosp (ID) to duty
1944-10-24 817th: Pfc 52 fr duty to hosp (LD) 61st Stat
1944-11-16 817th: Above 2 hosp (ID) to duty

National Archives pages: roll 469122525 p. 131, roll 481431546 p. 820, roll 481431546 p. 828, roll 572487240 p. 483, roll 576472397 p. 3603

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