Serviceman
Gilbert H. Day
840thHQ
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- Army serial number
- 36323046
- Rank
- M/Sgt (25 October 1943), M/Sgt (7 November 1943), Pvt (2 February 1944), M/Sgt (29 May 1944)
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 185
- Sources
- heroes-book, morning-report
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 36323046); verify another record shares the name Day, Gilbert H. (units 840th, HQ, 815th, HQ, serials 36323046, 34774117); may be the same man
Crews
- James O. Preston Crew · 840th
Morning reports
9 entries, first 25 October 1943, last 4 July 1944; grades seen: M/Sgt, 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.
- 1943-10-25 HQ: (751) K/Sgt.
- 1943-11-07 HQ: Above 6 EM fr auth mil &p travel to new sta to dy as per MOS 39092506 Gellatly (501)
- 1943-11-22 HQ: (750 to 751) M/Set/-os Above 2 EM reclassified as Indicated per orders of CO
- 1943-12-06 HQ: M Sgt James M Harvey
- 1943-12-06 HQ: M Sgt James M Harvey
- 1943-12-18 HQ: /Sgt Fr dy to fur 12 Days
- 1944-02-02 HQ: Kutina
- 1944-05-29 840th: Rd to gr of Pvt per Par 1, so 84, Hq, 483d Bomb Gp (H), dtd 25 May 44.
- 1944-07-04 840th: Set 11
National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 813, roll 456415616 p. 826, roll 456415616 p. 850, roll 458053820 p. 37, roll 458053820 p. 264, roll 458053820 p. 299, roll 463205991 p. 747, roll 474640174 p. 101, roll 481433713 p. 478
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