Serviceman

Didrick

815th

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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: 35341105
Rank: Pvt (9 January 1944), Cpl (17 May 1944), Cpl (21 May 1944), Sgt (19 October 1944), Sgt (25 October 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name

Morning reports

6 entries, first 23 December 1943, last 25 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pvt, 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.

1943-12-23 815th: Cp18-03 reduced to gr of Pvt per par 6 SO # 56 this dtd and eff 23 Ded 1943.
1944-01-09 815th: above 2 named EM fr 12 day fur to dy
1944-05-17 815th: Fr dy to sk in grs OFFICER FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT
1944-05-21 815th: Fr sk in qrs to dy FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
1944-10-19 815th: Above 7 EM fr dy to TD at San Spirito Rest Camp
1944-10-25 815th: 38221005 Cobb (590) Pfc

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 85, roll 461010974 p. 692, roll 474637097 p. 799, roll 474637097 p. 805, roll 572483765 p. 3423, roll 572483765 p. 3433

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