Serviceman

Gedney

HQ840th

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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: 20180183
Rank: Pvt (23 November 1943), Pvt (2 December 1943), Sgt (26 July 1944), Sgt (30 August 1944), Sgt (6 September 1944), Sgt (14 September 1944), Sgt (19 September 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name; a single entry, so the spelling is unverified serial 20480183 in morning reports differs by one digit from 20180183; treated as the same man morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 20480183); verify

Morning reports

10 entries, first 2 December 1943, last 21 September 1944; grades seen: Pvt, 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.

1943-12-02 HQ: Fr fur (9 Days) to dy 13058219 Horner (513) S/Sgt3 03 Promoted fr S/Sgt to 1/Sgt
1943-12-16 HQ: Pfc 6 03
1943-12-17 HQ: Pvt8-03 Erroneously rptd as Pfc instead of Pvt on M/R of 16 Dec 43.
1944-07-20 840th: set Dy to hosp (ID), 4th Fld Hosp, San Severo, Italy
1944-07-26 840th: Hosp to dy.
1944-08-30 840th: Dy to hosp (NID), AR 35-1440. OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT IST LT
1944-09-06 840th: Hosp to dy.
1944-09-19 840th: 3 Hosp to dy, 18 Sept Wi.
1944-09-21 840th: Set put8 Rd to I of pvt per par 2, so 192, Hq, 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 20 Sept We
1944-09-14 HQ: 52 Dy to hosp (NLD, AR 35-1440).

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 247, roll 458053820 p. 295, roll 458053820 p. 297, roll 481433713 p. 508, roll 481433713 p. 520, roll 566195336 p. 1858, roll 570165454 p. 2623, roll 570165454 p. 2633, roll 570165454 p. 2642, roll 570165454 p. 2645

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