Serviceman

Jack W. I Iumpkin

840thmissing in action

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Army serial number: 33631962
Rank: S/Sgt (18 September 1944), Sgt (25 December 1944)
Sources: macr-crew, morning-report

Flags. known only from an OCR crew list; name may be misread

Aboard a lost aircraft

MACR 10730 · 42-97585 · 25 December 1944 · mission 141, 25 December 1944 · MIA

Morning reports

2 entries, first 18 September 1944, last 17 November 1944; grades seen: S/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.

1944-09-18 840th: Above EM prom to the gr of T/Sgt, per par 1, so 188, Hg, 483rd Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 16 Sept 44. 19 EM prem fr gr of Set to S/Set per par 1, so
1944-11-17 840th: I/Set

National Archives pages: roll 570165454 p. 2638, roll 576476048 p. 1328

Statements, mentions and histories

29 more statements from MACR 10730 are on the loss record.

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