Serviceman

Ernest Freeman

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: 38098344
Rank: Cpl (1 January 1944), Sgt (25 May 1944), Sgt (3 June 1944), Sgt (8 June 1944), Sgt (13 August 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

6 entries, first 1 January 1944, last 13 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

1944-01-01 817th: Fr fur (15 days) to dy
1944-05-18 817th: Sgt 52 fr duty to hosp (ID) Officers mess opened. OFFICER
1944-05-25 817th: fr hosp (ID) to duty 24 May 44
1944-06-03 817th: 52 fx duty to hosp (LOD?) 61st Station OFFICER FLD o & CAPT
1944-06-08 817th: 3 fr hosp (NLD) to duty Remarks of 1 one 44 as read 3sgd jd ft st Patrick Henry are amended to read
1944-08-13 817th: Trfd to Repl Depot # 7APO 520

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 803, roll 474638098 p. 280, roll 474638098 p. 292, roll 478080727 p. 330, roll 478080727 p. 342, roll 566192358 p. 2425

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