The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

John William Dorsey

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Rank
2LT (24 May 1944), 2LT (14 June 1944), 1LT (31 July 1944)
Hometown
Erlander KY; ERLANDER KY; Erlangor KY
Also written
John Dorsey
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. another record shares the name Dorsey, John William (units HQ, 817th, serials None, 0694654); may be the same man

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
24 May 1944Air Medal5972LT
24 May 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster5972LT
14 June 1944Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster10262LT
31 July 1944Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster22221LT

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

Photographs naming him

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Statements, mentions and histories

840 5/19/2019 Guy Venier (OBIT) Chubbs, Harold J 816 10/30/2019 Sandee Maeda Dano, Lee E 816 3/6/2007 Guy Venier (OBIT) Dorsey, John W "Jay" 817 1/26/2020 Guy Venier (OBIT) Fairbanks, Arthur F 815 4/19/2019 Guy Venier (OBIT) Hamman, Raymond R 840 2/11/2020 Jay Clifton Penrose, Allen E 815 2/

Dorsey, John William in newsletter 202003, page 2. 483rd BG Association newsletter, quoted with credit. read the newsletter

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