Serviceman

Bonnard Davis

817th840thHQ

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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: 14160111
Rank: Sgt (11 June 1944), Sgt (25 July 1944), Sgt (28 July 1944), S/Sgt (2 December 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name another record shares the name Davis, Bonnard (units 817th, HQ, 817th, 840th, HQ, serials 32636110, 14160111); may be the same man

Morning reports

5 entries, first 11 June 1944, last 2 December 1944; grades seen: S/Sgt, 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.

1944-06 840th: S/Sgt Vincent A Kuczmarski
1944-06-11 HQ: Shindledecker Arthur E 612 Sgt
1944-07-25 817th: Woody Burgess NM NM1 Sgt
1944-07-28 817th: fr DS Rest Camp Rome to duty OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT IST LT
1944-12-02 817th: Above 3 Os 4 EM relvd fr asgmt and trfd on rotation to Repl Depot # 7 for trans ship to US per Ltr:Subj Orders 15AF dtd 27 Nov 44.

National Archives pages: roll 478080727 p. 195, roll 478080727 p. 348, roll 481431546 p. 824, roll 481431546 p. 830, roll 579002584 p. 3960

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