Serviceman

Harold Grantham

817thHQ

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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: 6970968
Rank: Pfc (10 June 1944), Pfc (11 June 1944), Pfc (11 August 1944), Pvt (5 October 1944), Pvt (7 October 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

7 entries, first 10 June 1944, last 7 October 1944; grades seen: Pfc, 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.

1944-06-10 817th: fr duty to AWOL 3 June 44 at 1200
1944-06-11 HQ: fr ANDL to duty 0800
1944-08-04 817th: Pvtlcl fr duty to AWOL 0600 31 Jul 44
1944-08-04 817th: Pvt 1 Cl fr ANOL to duty 0600 2 Aug Liis 025615 Gorman John J
1944-08-11 817th: 11 red to gr of Pvt per Sum Ct 08 Aug 44 PVF8 FLD o & CAPT
1944-10-05 817th: Fr duty to AWOL 0800 3 October 44
1944-10-07 817th: T fr AWOL to duty 0800 DELETE FOLLOWING REMARK 6 October 1944 38023731 Ogee Phillip S

National Archives pages: roll 478080727 p. 346, roll 478080727 p. 348, roll 566192358 p. 2409, roll 566192358 p. 2421, roll 572487240 p. 459, roll 572487240 p. 464

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