Serviceman

Guertner

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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

38009825

Rank

Sgt (13 December 1943), Sgt (12 January 1944), Sgt (26 January 1944), Sgt (12 April 1944), Sgt (29 April 1944), Sgt (10 May 1944), Sgt (5 July 1944), Pvt (7 July 1944), Pfc (3 August 1944), Sgt (29 September 1944), Sgt (4 October 1944)

Sources

morning-report

Morning reports

15 entries, first 13 December 1943, last 4 October 1944; grades seen: Pfc, 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.

• 1943-12-13 HQ: William T. Jones
• 1943-12-13 HQ: William T. Jones
• 1944-01-12 HQ: Above 2 EM dy to fur (14 days)
• 1944-01-12 HQ: (911) Set
• 1944-01-26 HQ: Fur to dy, 14 days.
• 1944-02-28 HQ: John J. Haggerty
• 1944-02-28 HQ: John Jo Haggerty
• 1944-04-12 840th: Above 9 EM study dy to DS 99th Bomb Gp, APO 520, c/10 PM, NYC, per VOCO. OFFICER FLD O & CAPT
• 1944-04-29 840th: SL Dy to hosp (LD), (4th Field Hosp). OFFICER FLD 0 & CAPT
• 1944-05-10 840th: 3 Hosp to dy. OFFICER FLD o a CAPT
• 1944-07-07 840th: Above EM promoted to gr of Pfc per Par so 128, Hq 483d Bomb Gp (II), APO 520, atd 16 Jul 44. OFFICER
• 1944-07-05 HQ: Above EM reduced to gr of Pvt per Par 7, SO 118, Hq, 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 4 Jul 44,

National Archives pages: roll 458052819 p. 786, roll 458052819 p. 787, roll 461010974 p. 876, roll 461010974 p. 903, roll 461012976 p. 741, roll 466076292 p. 285, roll 466076292 p. 361, roll 469123526 p. 711, roll 469123526 p. 728, roll 474640174 p. 70, roll 481433713 p. 481, roll 481433713 p. 502