Serviceman
William Hessee
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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
- 34776114
- Rank
- Cpl (1 June 1944), Cpl (27 August 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
6 entries, first 2 December 1943, last 27 August 1944; grades seen: Cpl. 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.
- 1943-12-02 817th: Pvt 8 20 Duty ADM C1k(501) asgd jd fr Ft Collins Colo
- 1944-01 817th: 818th Bomb So TO BE ST/FF SERGEANT (TEM) Set Louis if Borgnenn
- 1944-05-28 817th: Cpl 52 fr duty to hosp (LD) 4th Field 26 May 44
- 1944-05-16 HQ: Pfc (807) Phillip S Ogee
- 1944-06-01 817th: 3 fr hosp (ID) to duty OFFICER FLD o a CAPT
- 1944-08-27 817th: Reclass fr 805 to 405
National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 180, roll 461010974 p. 772, roll 474638098 p. 279, roll 474638098 p. 298, roll 478080727 p. 326, roll 566192358 p. 2454
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