Serviceman
Stanley D Dawson
817th
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- Army serial number
- 33728119
- Rank
- Cpl (2 November 1944), Col (7 November 1944), SGT (26 February 1945), SSGT (16 April 1945), SSGT (25 May 1945)
- Hometown
- Baltimore MD
- Also written
- Stanley Dawson
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 33728119); verify serial 33728129 in morning reports differs by one digit from 33728119; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 33728129); verify
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 February 1945 | Air Medal | 968 | SGT |
| 16 April 1945 | Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster | 2397 | SSGT |
| 25 May 1945 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 3444 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
1 entry, first 7 November 1944, last 7 November 1944; grades seen: Col. 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.
- 1944-11-07 817th: / Above 2 E LIA fr duty to hosp 61st Stat OF the ships took off to bomb Salsburg, any
National Archives pages: roll 576472397 p. 3597
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