Serviceman

Harry Fritz

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: 39252758
Rank: Pvt (15 December 1943), Cpl (4 December 1944), Cpl (19 December 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

4 entries, first 15 December 1943, last 19 December 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Pvt. 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.

1943-12-15 817th: fr fur to duty
1944-01 817th: 31158539, Lfc Loonard W Moss
1944-12-04 817th: fr duty to hosp (ID) 61st Station
1944-12-19 817th: fr hosp (ID) to duty

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 209, roll 461010974 p. 772, roll 579002584 p. 3962, roll 579002584 p. 3988

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