Serviceman

Groendes

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: 18062729
Rank: Cpl (13 November 1943), Cpl (26 November 1943), Cpl (29 November 1943), Cpl (15 December 1943), Sgt (11 July 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

6 entries, first 13 November 1943, last 11 July 1944; grades seen: Cpl, 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.

1943-11-13 817th: fr dy to hdsp
1943-11-26 817th: fr hosp to duty
1943-11-29 817th: fr duty to fur 11 das FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
1943-12-15 817th: fr fur to dy 10 December FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT
1944-01 817th: TO BE CORPORAL (TEMPY Pfc Willia s Hogan
1944-07-11 817th: fr DS Rest Camp San Spirito to duty OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT 1ST LT

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 796, roll 456415616 p. 817, roll 456415616 p. 821, roll 458053820 p. 208, roll 461010974 p. 772, roll 481431546 p. 796

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