Serviceman

Garms

815th

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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: 38134494
Rank: Cpl (31 October 1943), Sgt (9 April 1944), Sgt (9 August 1944), S/Sgt (27 September 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 31 October 1943, last 27 September 1944; grades seen: Cpl, S/Sgt, 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.

1943-10-31 815th: 0100 above 12 EM fr DS Orlando Fla Sch of Applied Tactics) to dy
1944-04-09 815th: OFFICER FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
1944-08-09 815th: ) Above 2 EM classification changed to MOS 750 750 FLD 0 & CAPT
1944-09-27 815th: Fr sk (LD) in qrs to dy

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 660, roll 469121524 p. 676, roll 566192358 p. 2186, roll 570165454 p. 291

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