The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Roy P Dobra

815thHQ

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Army serial number
20480170
Rank
M/Sgt (1 January 1944), M/Sgt (24 February 1944), M/Sgt (3 May 1944), M/Sgt (1 July 1944), M/Sgt (28 July 1944), M/Sgt (21 August 1944), M/Sgt (19 September 1944), M/Sgt (22 September 1944), M/Sgt (27 September 1944), MSGT (26 October 1944), M/Sgt (17 November 1944)
Hometown
ATLANTA GA
Also written
Roy Dobra
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 20480170); verify

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
26 October 1944Soldier's Medal4185MSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

11 entries, first 1 January 1944, last 17 November 1944; grades seen: M/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.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 670, roll 463205991 p. 622, roll 474637097 p. 780, roll 478080727 p. 216, roll 481431546 p. 149, roll 481431546 p. 188, roll 566192358 p. 2201, roll 570165454 p. 274, roll 570165454 p. 280, roll 570165454 p. 291, roll 576472397 p. 3115

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