Serviceman

Ditzler

817th

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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: 36704569
Rank: Sgt (17 November 1943), Sgt (29 November 1943), Sgt (24 September 1944), Sgt (1 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

4 entries, first 17 November 1943, last 1 October 1944; grades seen: 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.

1943-11-17 817th: Pfce
1943-11-29 817th: fr fur to duty
1944-09-24 817th: Above 7 EM fr duty to DS Rest Camp San Spirite
1944-10-01 817th: Fr DS Rest Camp San Spirite to duty 30 Sept

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 801, roll 456415616 p. 821, roll 570165454 p. 492, roll 572487240 p. 455

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