The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Michael Godoy

817thHQ

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Army serial number
32880295
Rank
Pvt (15 August 1944), PVT (14 September 1944), CPL (30 October 1944), TSGT (2 February 1945), TSGT (7 March 1945)
Hometown
Brooklyn NY; New York, NY
In the book
Heroes of the 483rd, p. 62
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit+initial (serial 32880295); verify

Crews

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
14 September 1944Air Medal3393PVT
30 October 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster4262CPL
2 February 1945Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster473TSGT
7 March 1945Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster1183TSGT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Morning reports

2 entries, first 15 August 1944, last 16 December 1944; grades seen: 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.

National Archives pages: roll 566192358 p. 2429, roll 579002584 p. 3676

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