Serviceman
Walter J. Heekin
840thHQ
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- Army serial number
- 0698196
- Rank
- 2d Lt (23 February 1944)
- In the book
- Heroes of the 483rd, p. 110
- Sources
- heroes-book, morning-report
Flags. morning-report entries attached by surname+unit (serial 0698196); verify another record shares the name Heekin, Walter J. (units 815th, 840th, HQ, serials None, 0698196); may be the same man
Crews
- John P. Hucle Crew · 840th
Morning reports
2 entries, first 12 February 1944, last 23 February 1944; grades seen: 2d Lt. 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.
- 1944-02-23 840th: I/Sgt
- 1944-02-12 HQ: 2 Lt&20A 005949 Prev rptd M/R 7 Feb Who group remark, "12 Officers reld of dy & trfd, etc." Delote
National Archives pages: roll 463205991 p. 768, roll 463205991 p. 784
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