Serviceman
William B Harrell
840thHQ817th
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- Army serial number
- 0664768
- Rank
- CAPT (14 June 1944), CAPT (6 July 1944), CAPT (10 July 1944), Capt (18 July 1944), Capt (5 September 1944)
- Hometown
- HOUSTON TX; Houston TX
- Also written
- William Harrell
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 214
- Sources
- 483bg-record, assoc-roster, heroes-book, morning-report · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 0664768); verify possible duplicate: Hawrell, William B (840th; sources 483bg-record, assoc-roster)
Crews
Awards
| Date | Award | General order | Rank then |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 1944 | Air Medal | 1048 | CAPT |
| 6 July 1944 | Air Medal, 2nd oak leaf cluster | 1607 | CAPT |
| 10 July 1944 | Air Medal, 3rd oak leaf cluster | 1744 | CAPT |
From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.
Morning reports
5 entries, first 14 February 1944, last 5 September 1944; grades seen: Capt. 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.
- 1943-10 HQ: 11 " 11 if
- 1943-10 HQ: 11 " 11 11
- 1944-02-14 817th: 1 Lt. E1 Promoted fr 1 Lt to Capt per par 15, WD, Wash.. DC, so 33, dtd 8 Feb 44.
- 1944-07-18 840th: 025940 Kilpatrick, Jr 1st It
- 1944-09-05 840th: White, Jr 1st It
National Archives pages: roll 452798688 p. 19, roll 452798688 p. 225, roll 463205991 p. 771, roll 481433713 p. 503, roll 570165454 p. 2618
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