Serviceman

Evans

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: 6258488
Rank: S/Sgt (29 October 1943), S/Sgt (7 November 1943), S/Sgt (15 December 1943), S/Sgt (7 February 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

5 entries, first 29 October 1943, last 7 February 1944; grades seen: S/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.

1943-10-29 817th: ask id fr 818th Bomb Sa Army Air Base, Eohrata Washington Duty Sc Supply NCO(821) FLD o & CAPT
1943-10-29 817th: Above EM trfd to 817th Bomb Sq (H) this gil fr dy per MOS FLD O & CAPT 1ST LT
1943-11-07 817th: S/Set
1943-12-15 817th: fr duty to fur 15 Dec FLD 08 CAPT IST LT 2D LT
1944-02-07 817th: trfd to 816th Bomb Sq MacDill Edd, Fla. OFFICER FLD o & CAPT IST LT

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 753, roll 453519128 p. 822, roll 456415616 p. 788, roll 458053820 p. 211, roll 463205991 p. 714

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