Serviceman

William R. Jacktson

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

37409306

Rank

S/Sgt (19 June 1944)

Sources

macr-crew, morning-report

Missions placed on him

• mission 32, 14 June 1944 · Budapest, Csepel · Aboard, per the Missing Air Crew Report

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Aboard a lost aircraft

• MACR 6419 · 42-31631 · 14 June 1944 · mission 32, 14 June 1944

Morning reports

4 entries, first 14 June 1944, last 23 September 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.

• 1944-06-14 840th: S/Set
• 1944-06-19 840th: Above 5 EM reported as VIA dropped fr rolls. Prev rptd on strength section of M/R 18 June Wiso 377 EM Asgd Present for Dv. now corrected to read 368 EM
• 1944-07-23 840th: s/set
• 1944-09-23 840th: s/set Above O's & EM reld of dy & trfd to Repl Depbt 1 7, per subject Orders, Hq, 15th AF, APO 520, dtd 29 Sept We

National Archives pages: roll 478083643 p. 27, roll 478083643 p. 35, roll 481433713 p. 514, roll 570165454 p. 2649

Statements, mentions and histories

• 6 more statements from MACR 6419 are on the loss record.