Serviceman
Merril F Filz
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- Army serial number
- 36836337
- Rank
- CPL (12 August 1944), SSGT (16 September 1944), SSGT (30 October 1944), S/Sgt (22 November 1944)
- Hometown
- Appleton WI; APPLETON WI
- Also written
- Merril Filz
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 1944 | Air Medal | 2506 | CPL |
| 16 September 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 3421 | SSGT |
| 30 October 1944 | Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster | 4262 | SSGT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
3 entries, first 19 July 1944, last 22 November 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.
- 1944-07-19 816th: 2LT RUSSELL II SIMONS
- 1944-07-19 817th: 2LT RUSSELL II SIMONS
- 1944-11-22 817th: Shindledecker Arthur E 612 S/Sgt Above 5 Os 11 EM relvd fr asget and asgd to Repl Depot 7 per auth: Ltr:Subj: Orders: 15 AF dtd 18 November We
National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 381, roll 481432547 p. 158, roll 576472397 p. 3610
Photographs naming him
- UPL 25276 Don C. Woods Crew 483rd BG 817 SQ (aircraft # 44-6329) front row: John W. Holbrook TG, Merril F. Filz BT, Howard O. Hoyt LW, Robert Foote A/RW; back row: Don S. Jones, Thomas M. Reinhardt N, Don C. Woods P · view at American Air Museum in Britain
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