Serviceman

Henley

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: 17121107
Rank: Sgt (13 October 1943), Sgt (17 October 1943), Sgt (16 November 1943), Sgt (25 May 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

4 entries, first 13 October 1943, last 25 May 1944; grades seen: 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.

1943-10-13 817th: fr duty to hosp FLD o a CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT
1943-10-17 817th: fr hosp to duty FLD o a CAPT OFFICER 1ST LT
1943-11-16 817th: Cnl
1944-05-25 817th: REASGD jd fr 26th Genl Hosp. Delete following remark of 23 May 44

National Archives pages: roll 453519128 p. 721, roll 453519128 p. 732, roll 456415616 p. 799, roll 474638098 p. 292

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