Serviceman

Crosby

816thHQ

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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: 17025752
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 23 October 1943, last 28 December 1943. 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.

1943-10-23 HQ: Pvt (521) Ira Boswell
1943-12-26 816th: Pvt 873 Dy to Awol as of 0001 26 December 431
1943-12-28 816th: Pvt 8 74 Fr AWOL to dy as of 0800 27 Dec 43. FLD os CAPT 1ST LT

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 694, roll 458053820 p. 166, roll 458053820 p. 168

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