Serviceman

Dobias

816th

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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: 19092473
Rank: Sgt (15 November 1943), Sgt (16 April 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name; a single entry, so the spelling is unverified serial 39092473 in morning reports differs by one digit from 19092473; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 39092473); verify

Morning reports

1 entry, first 16 April 1944, last 16 April 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.

1944-04-16 816th: 3 EM fr dy to DS at Foggia AAB

National Archives pages: roll 469122525 p. 19

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