Serviceman
Cooper
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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
- 39551108
- Rank
- Cpl (10 December 1943), Cpl (15 December 1943), Cpl (13 April 1944), Pvt (8 August 1944), Pvt (9 August 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
6 entries, first 10 December 1943, last 13 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.
- 1943-12-15 815th: sk (ID) in hosp to dy 10 EM asgd and jd & 5 asgd and not yet jd fr III BC Mac Dill Fld Fla- so
- 1943-12-10 HQ: 8 Des 1943 dy to sk (ID) in hesp
- 1944-04-13 815th: Fr dy to temp dy with flying echelon at 99th Gp, APO #520 c/o PM NY
- 1944-08-08 815th: Fr dy to sk in qrs FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
- 1944-08-09 815th: sr Fr sk in grs to sk in 4th Fld Hosp San Severo
- 1944-08-13 815th: Pvt 3 Fr sk in 4th Fld Hosp San Severo to dy
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 51, roll 458053820 p. 62, roll 469121524 p. 682, roll 566192358 p. 2185, roll 566192358 p. 2186, roll 566192358 p. 2190
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