Serviceman

William Horner

817thHQ

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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: 14108061
Rank: T/Sgt (4 August 1944)
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name another record shares the name Horner, William (units HQ, 817th, , 817th, 817th, 817th, HQ, 817th, serials None, None, None, None, None, 14108061, 11108061); may be the same man

Morning reports

4 entries, first 6 December 1943, last 4 August 1944; grades seen: T/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.

1943-12-06 HQ: John 2 Rudert
1944-01 817th: Sgt Michael Lanek
1944-07-31 817th: I/Sgt
1944-08-04 817th: fr DS Rest Camp Rome to duty

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 41, roll 461010974 p. 772, roll 481431546 p. 836, roll 566192358 p. 2409

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