Serviceman

Ralph Jesselyn

816thHQ

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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: 31364993
Rank: Pvt (4 January 1944), Pfc (18 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 6 December 1943, last 18 July 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.

1943-12-06 HQ: (501) Pvt 8 20 31340256 Keelev Edward J
1944-01-04 816th: fr dy to sk in hosp 18 o and 72 EM asgd & jd fx Ha. RCAAB Papid Cit S. Da ss of 6 January 1944 copy of roster atchd.

National Archives pages: roll 458053820 p. 120, roll 461010974 p. 747, roll 481431546 p. 375

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