Serviceman

Hofacker

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: 32442085
Rank: Cpl (18 November 1943), Cpl (29 November 1943), Cpl (23 January 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

3 entries, first 18 November 1943, last 23 January 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.

1943-11-18 817th: fr duty to fur (11 da's)
1943-11-29 817th: fr fur to duty
1944-01-23 817th: I trfd to 488th Bomb Gp (H), MacDill Fld, Florida OFFICER FLD o & CAPT

National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 803, roll 456415616 p. 821, roll 461010974 p. 839

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