The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Howerton

815thHQ

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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
34762828
Rank
Pvt (22 January 1944), Pvt (7 February 1944), Pvt (14 February 1944), Pfc (10 December 1944), Pvt (31 December 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

6 entries, first 22 January 1944, last 31 December 1944; grades seen: Pfc, Pvt. 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.

National Archives pages: roll 461010974 p. 669, roll 461010974 p. 713, roll 461010974 p. 722, roll 463205991 p. 595, roll 463205991 p. 606, roll 579002584 p. 3655

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