Serviceman
Gilbert H. Day
815thHQ
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- Army serial number
- 34774117
- Rank
- Pvt (21 January 1944)
- Hometown
- Berwin, IL
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 194
- Sources
- heroes-book, morning-report
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 34774117); verify another record shares the name Day, Gilbert H. (units 840th, HQ, 815th, HQ, serials 36323046, 34774117); may be the same man
Crews
Morning reports
2 entries, first 21 January 1944, last 21 January 1944; grades seen: 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 HQ: Day Odis P. (050) Pvt 0-10
- 1944-01-21 815th: above 4 EM 10 day fur to dy
National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 625, roll 461010974 p. 712
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