Serviceman

Holt

815thHQ816th

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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: 39201691
Rank: Sgt (15 January 1944), Pvt (23 February 1944), S/Sgt (28 July 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 15 January 1944, last 28 July 1944; grades seen: Pvt, S/Sgt, 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.

1944-01-15 815th: trfd to 816th Bomb Sq(H) this Gp
1944-02-23 HQ: 612 Earl W. Hall
1944-07-28 816th: OFFICER FLD 0 a CAPT 1ST LT 2D LT

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 703, roll 463205991 p. 674, roll 481431546 p. 394

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